tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post7476074495114897907..comments2024-03-28T15:01:21.285-04:00Comments on SleuthSayers: Locke and LeatherLeigh Lundinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-17732676565147285422012-12-24T10:53:17.820-05:002012-12-24T10:53:17.820-05:00J.A. Konrath said "Customer buys book because...<a href="http://jakonrath.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/amazon-removes-reviews.html" rel="nofollow">J.A. Konrath said</a> "Customer buys book because of fake review = zero harm."<br><br>Nevertheless, <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/23/technology/amazon-book-reviews-deleted-in-a-purge-aimed-at-manipulation.html" rel="nofollow">Amazon is making mass deletions of reviews</a>.Velmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12922496600366632604noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-39954908703830313312012-10-03T19:32:36.528-04:002012-10-03T19:32:36.528-04:00from author Joel Goldman: A clueless, aspiring aut...from author Joel Goldman: A clueless, aspiring author offers to trade 5-star reviews w/@JoelGoldman1. You've got to read these emails.<br><br /><a href="http://www.joelgoldman.co.uk/2012/10/look-what-i-found-in-my-in-box/" rel="nofollow">http://www.joelgoldman.co.uk/2012/10/look-what-i-found-in-my-in-box/</a><br><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-17975187356592339542012-09-10T06:40:09.312-04:002012-09-10T06:40:09.312-04:00You're welcome. I confess this wasn't a pl...You're welcome. I confess this wasn't a pleasant article to write and I almost ditched it a couple of times even as it neared completion. As James Lincoln Warren pointed out, the crime-writing community is very generous and helpful, and while some of these weren't mystery writers, it still sends a jarring note.Leigh Lundinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-89300558928961126562012-09-09T18:35:45.177-04:002012-09-09T18:35:45.177-04:00Awesome and incredibly informative post, and comme...Awesome and incredibly informative post, and comments as well! Thanks to everyone for opening my eyes to things I had no knowledge of.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-49676940666532005642012-09-09T12:25:16.572-04:002012-09-09T12:25:16.572-04:00also this and thisalso <a href="http://www.jamesthompsonauthor.com/blog/?p=779" rel="nofollow">this</a> and <a href="http://murderiseverywhere.blogspot.com/2012/09/put-sock-in-it.html" rel="nofollow">this</a><br>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-32824157222954521592012-09-09T11:45:55.009-04:002012-09-09T11:45:55.009-04:00Great post, Leigh.
For those (are there any stil?...Great post, Leigh.<br /><br />For those (are there any stil?) new to the subject, I recommend this post by Dan Waddell:<br /> http://murderiseverywhere.blogspot.com/2012/09/put-sock-in-it.html<br /><br />It links to a post by self-publishing guru JA Konrath, a stinging rebuttal by Sean Cregan (Hooray, Sean!) and an earlier post by Dan which has comments from Leather and Dun appended to it.<br /><br />This kind of crap diminishes us all -- and it is bloody serious, no matter what Konrath thinks.Leighton Gagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09788807904434180290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-16742707746599614082012-09-09T11:36:02.699-04:002012-09-09T11:36:02.699-04:00Whenever I give myself a review it is always very ...Whenever I give myself a review it is always very honest and insightful--no holds barred. I do wish others would follow my example. Of course, this might require some of them to give themselves bad reviews; something which I have not had to deal with, fortunately.<br /><br />Very good piece, Leigh--I give it four stars.David Deanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13005457506363262838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-50241913180041927702012-09-09T11:08:38.229-04:002012-09-09T11:08:38.229-04:00Rob, that's well put.
RT, that about sums it ...Rob, that's well put.<br /><br />RT, that about sums it up. It's like auctions or that 3-card monte game on the streets of London and New York where shills whip up the excitement to reel the suckers in.<br /><br />Janice, one of the links mentions a classic American author– Walt Whitman, if I remember right– who gave his own works glowing reviews.Leigh Lundinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-30559599398004743172012-09-09T11:01:42.832-04:002012-09-09T11:01:42.832-04:00Very good and depressing piece. I have actually r...Very good and depressing piece. I have actually read a book by Stephen Leather and enjoyed it. Probably won't read any more. Although some of these people are British I am reminded of this comment:<br /><br />"This particular American view of 'success' ...as near as I can make it out, is the ability to keep out of jail." -Charles Dudley Warner, 1896Robert Loprestihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08844889305615182897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-55171406449718475192012-09-09T09:46:30.808-04:002012-09-09T09:46:30.808-04:00Leigh, nice expose about the seamy underground of ...Leigh, nice expose about the seamy underground of self-pubbing. To those abusing the system, it's merely a con game, much like pushing junk bonds or corporate raiding, enriching only themselves with no sense of honor or respect for the actaul outcome. Sadly, there will always be unscrupulous gamers in the world.R.T. Lawtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15523486296396710227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-53867698326539464602012-09-09T08:26:34.018-04:002012-09-09T08:26:34.018-04:00Good piece, though dodgy reviews are probably as o...Good piece, though dodgy reviews are probably as old as writing. If I remember correctly James Boswell wasn't above self promotion with 'reviews' he wrote.Janicenoreply@blogger.com