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Originally Posted by Hitch
FYI:
If anyone cares, I just reviewed a book I'd received as a gift, and the review shows up as a verified purchase. Now, I redeemed this in the correct way, so perhaps that's the way that it distinguishes.
The only way I can see to really TEST this would be for me to ask some clients to send me gift copies of their books, and then for me to review them. The problem with that is that, of course, we have a relationship with the client; we have a"pecuniary interest," in that we've done paid work for them. (Even though we have zero interest in how the book itself does; we're producers, not publishers.) This means that if I review their books, I would be violating Amazon's T&C. The other books that I've received from OTHER authors have not had issues, as we've not done work for those clients. I mean, Amazon wouldn't know, but I would, and I don't do unethical.
Hmph. I'm going to have to cogitate on this. I want to know, because I'm really tired of seeing this line about "you can't gift books to people..." around, as in my experience, it's not quite accurate.
Hitch
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Nobody is saying you can't gift books to people. Speaking for myself, all I am saying is that the Verified Purchase label hasn't showed up for any of my gifted ebooks and I've gifted at least a dozen. The gifts were shown as "claimed" on my Amazon account. Lengthy reviews were left later, which indicated that the recipient probably used the gift in the manner I had hoped.
Claiming the gift "correctly" as you say, might be the issue at play here. There may well be some finger gymnastics required to ensure that a review shows up as verified, but I don't know what it entails. And, apparently, neither do the recipients.
So my advice to anyone thinking about gifting ebooks in hopes of getting the Verified Purchase label, proceed with caution.