tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post3838066432599403034..comments2024-03-28T09:38:23.219-05:00Comments on Book Chase: On Bad Reviews and Comments from Author Sock PuppetsSam http://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-50180574846009468972011-02-14T13:27:41.169-06:002011-02-14T13:27:41.169-06:00Thanks for tipping me about the link, Library Girl...Thanks for tipping me about the link, Library Girl. I think I have it fixed correctly now...see the post on Pages Turned of February 12 for SFP's thoughts and links to other spots mentioned.<br /><br />Thanks again.Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-55148266674642650632011-02-14T12:58:36.045-06:002011-02-14T12:58:36.045-06:00Andy, you unprofessional dog, you. :-)
Apparentl...Andy, you unprofessional dog, you. :-)<br /><br />Apparently, she does neither understands nor believes the old rule of thumb that there is "no such thing as bad publicity." Or maybe she does...but this kind of bad publicity is the exception to the rule.Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-90021283491940373492011-02-14T12:56:58.456-06:002011-02-14T12:56:58.456-06:00Library Girl, after looking at the novel in questi...Library Girl, after looking at the novel in question, I have a feeling that this woman is not known in her world as a deep thinker. Attacking potential readers the way she has is stupid. Book bloggers, as you say, are "regular readers." In fact, they are the elite of regular readers because they read about 10 times more books per year than the average reader manages. They are Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-6560628674589619052011-02-14T12:50:12.328-06:002011-02-14T12:50:12.328-06:00Susan, you are a very fine editor. :-)Susan, you are a very fine editor. :-)Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-54755948382099706992011-02-14T12:49:31.490-06:002011-02-14T12:49:31.490-06:00Oh, but it's OK for a "professional"...Oh, but it's OK for a "professional" of the caliber of this self-published romance novelist to insult those of us who only read and not write. If we were only so worthy...mean spritied, I know.Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-61293646563853876692011-02-14T12:47:38.749-06:002011-02-14T12:47:38.749-06:00Sam, I found the post you linked to by searching f...Sam, I found the post you linked to by searching for it in Google, but the link in your post doesn't seem to work. Am I the only one with this problem? If I'm not, it might need fixing.A Library Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06144279685884011943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-50946871007312576982011-02-14T08:45:17.959-06:002011-02-14T08:45:17.959-06:00Hear! Hear! Library Girl. Well put. Being one of t...Hear! Hear! Library Girl. Well put. Being one of those "any readers," I am insulted.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-4175825070062163792011-02-14T08:41:24.126-06:002011-02-14T08:41:24.126-06:00She can go (a little editing here) fly a kite hers...She can go (a little editing here) fly a kite herself. I never meant my blog to be anything more than my "book diary", so she needn't come creeping round my back stair. She and her ilk are the reason I decided not to get into accepting copies for review. One another thing: My grocery lists are a thing of joy and beauty forever. So there, Sock Puppet.Bybeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10061186489010154661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-61424326293254190792011-02-13T19:43:55.608-06:002011-02-13T19:43:55.608-06:00"Oftentimes, the people who set up these kind..."Oftentimes, the people who set up these kinds of blogs have never written a thing in their lives, except maybe a grocery list. Most are avid readers who think they are qualified to review someone else's work."<br /><br />Wonderfully insulting. Going by this, the only people who can truly write decent reviews are other authors. Everyone else is just unqualified. Unless, of course, A Library Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06144279685884011943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-26476641795272195222011-02-13T19:30:33.947-06:002011-02-13T19:30:33.947-06:00The funny thing about it is, her attitude will dri...The funny thing about it is, her attitude will drive away more readers than a few bad reviews will! I think a bad review can many times be as beneficial as a good one since many people, myself included, go read the book for themselves to see if they agree with the reviewer's opinion!<br /><br />I'm happy to be unprofessional! :)The Book Nuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08742929699209017621noreply@blogger.com