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Originally Posted by Pushka
They invest their life into writing books, it takes years to write a quality product, and then to have their efforts undermined by a campaign like this is soul destroying.
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I don't see how it is 'undermining' the author and destroying his soul to post a review which says one wanted to buy the book and could not. Any author who genuinely cannot tell the difference between a one-star actual critique of their actual book and a one-star review of the sort people have been posting needs a thicker skin, imho. And if the one-star rating really concerns him or her, they need to get on the phone with their agent, stat, and tell them why the reviews are happening.
Change won't happen unless somebody notices there is a problem. Writing letters didn't make them notice. This will.
One of the best experiences I had in my short-lived career as a professional journalist many years ago was an editor who taught me the importance of treating this like a *business.* If you want to 'make money' then you need to keep your feelings out of it and give the people what they want to buy. Selling and marketing is part of the job too, if you're treating it like a 'job' and not a hobby
