Review: The Frommer's for Amazon product owners and sellers
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 08 13, 2013
I saw this promoted on an author's group on Facebook and decided to try it after reading an excerpt, and I am so very glad I did! The amount of information in it is worth far more than the bargain price I paid for it. Theo Rogers' frank honesty and firm-yet-gentle approach made the entire book personable and kept me wanting to learn more.Some of the How Not-To's I've already seen blow up in other authors' faces. The author community is an open one, and we do share stories of others in our midst who are behaving poorly. It never turns out well for them. But seeing the other side --the Amazon reviewer side-- of the incidents and the thought process was extremely helpful. A lot of these points become intuitive once you understand the reviewer culture and mentality, at least in a general way.I will be implementing this advice immediately, and I heartily thank Theo for both the inspiration to begin navigating these tricky footpaths in the Amazon Jungle, as well as for the help to do so with safety and intelligence.Update: I have since implemented Theo's advice and am glad to say it's coming up roses. In the span of just under two weeks, I managed to get 10 reviewers saying they would be happy to review my novel. And I just keep going! It might not seem like much, but it's more than twice what my first published work has, and the reviews are higher quality. Plus, the growing number of reviews seems to be inviting others to leave reviews on their own, and I've been able to help others find their own reviews and avoid causing problems for themselves on Amazon. So Theo, thank you!