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Originally Posted by neilmarr
Because we're talking indie authors here, criticism, I think, is best expressed -- when it's constructively intended and written in that spirit -- in a PM to the author unless s/he expressly invites such public critique.
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Neill, I disagree with you about PMing crticism. That the writer is an indie doesn't -- at least to me -- make a difference about whether a critical review should be public or not. I'm sure Stephen King doesn't want to read a bad review any more than an MR indie author does. But if you put your book out there for people to buy/read, then you have to be willing to accept public criticism. If you want public praise, you should accept public criticism, too.
Aren't potential readers entitled to know what is wrong with a book just as they should be told what is good?