Review: Good info - bad advice on reviewing
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 06 10, 2014
I received a request by e-mail mentioning the book was available for download for free. Since I am a top reviewer, I actually picked it up to see what it said about reviewing. Unfortunately, parts of that area are a violation of Amazon Terms including paying your friends and family to buy your book so that it has an AVP tag.This book contains huge sections with links that will permit you to promote your book for free - so it is not surprising that there are so many reviews for the book. And since it was free, the many downloads will advance the ranking of the book. The author does a very good job of explaining this process.In fact, without the title (and the advice concerning reviewing and reviewers) this is actually an informative book for anyone considering writing a Kindle Book. It gives step by step directions on how to format your book and how to submit it through Kindle.It gives advice on how to take best advantage of Amazon policies to promote your book on Amazon.It gives hundreds of Facebook and other locations where you can promote your free book and garner reviews as a result.It gives resources and ways to have other people do the work of writing and/or researching, or even posting the promotions for you. All of those do require that you pay, but it gives locations where you can get this done at a minimal cost. In fact, it gives a resource where you can buy fully written books for $100-$200.It tells how to determine what types of Kindle books are currently selling so that you can determine where to focus your books.BUT, this is not a magic formula for making thousands of dollars a month. But it is well researched in the area of marketing and promotion of Kindle books.I am giving it three stars because it does have some good information.But please, read through Amazon's rules for reviewers before following his advice. And never, ever, ever pay for a review! Ever. Amazon doesn't even allow gift cards to be used for a review, you have to gift the book directly to make it legal. They have removed thousands of reviews of people who received gift cards or who were suspected of being paid or reimbursed for writing a review.Amazon works hard at keeping reviews aboveboard and honest. Those of us on the "top 10,000 reviewers list" he links to are well aware of the guidelines AND will often avoid reviewing for authors where it is obvious they have family and friends posting reviews for the author because it makes us look suspect.