Review: Author at his best when advising how to contact reviewers by getting inside their heads
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 1, 2014
How to Get Good Reviews on Amazon does an extraordinary job explaining why reviewers take their function seriously and put forth so much effort to stake their reputation each time they post a review.In my early days posting reviews on Amazon I got frustrated by reviewers such as Midwest Book Reviews flooding Amazon with 5 Star Reviews that, in my humble opinion, were simply not honest appraisals. So frustrated was I that I took a break from posting.Another time, I had contact from a publisher of several books that I liked, and one that I gave 1 star - the contact put me in an awkward position but the publisher and I worked it out much as Theo Rogers recommends in this book. Rogers did a great job in his treatment of that issue.It was Rogers's discussion of the shills and his tendency to preach that went a tad too far and too long that kept me from giving 5 Stars to this otherwise outstanding book.I confess I am on the edge of rating this book 5 stars, simply because so much of this hits home so well. But, if I were speaking to Theo Rogers right this minute, I would advise him to trim as I noted above and he would be approaching perfection.Oh, something else he did exceptionally well is to explain about the Top Reviewers Forums. I wish I had read this book before ever visiting the forums - like so many others, I must have come across as unwelcome. His explanation of forum etiquette, especially why folks their are so suspicious of newbies, really hit home with me.Hit home with me well enough to finally convince me to do something I thought no book could do - decide to rank the book one star better than I intended.Therefore, readers will see I give 5 Stars to How to Get Good Reviews on Amazon: A a guide for Independent Authors & Sellers. Obviously, I recommend readers to buy this book, as it is a great bargain.