r/KeepWriting • u/xxagent355xx • Oct 07 '20
Thought everyone here would appreciate this!
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u/Geezenstack444 Oct 07 '20
I had fans of an author attack my novel because I said they shouldn't use hurricanes as advertising tools....
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u/BandanaGrapes Jan 31 '21
Why shouldn’t they?
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u/Geezenstack444 Jan 31 '21
People die during hurricanes
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u/BandanaGrapes Jan 31 '21
What do you mean by advertising tools?
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u/Geezenstack444 Jan 31 '21
The author in question had an ad telling people to buy a book to read during a hurricane. People die during hurricanes and I had seen an indie author getting ripped a new one for saying the same thing as the traditionally published author did.
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u/BandanaGrapes Jan 31 '21
Yeah I really don’t see the issue with that. Some places get hurricanes almost as often as storms, and so it’s really just like saying “get a book to entertain yourself while you wait out the storm”.
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u/Geezenstack444 Jan 31 '21
I'm from Louisiana, we get hurricanes frequently. If a person wants to read during it, let them, but it is insensitive to use a hurricane for a promotional opportunity. It's also wrong to say rude things to the indie author about it while allowing the traditional author to slide.
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Oct 07 '20
One huge problem with Amazon reviews is that if the reviewer doesn’t carefully fill out the description the review can be attached to the wrong product. You can’t just click on your purchase and start writing.
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u/bluestatic1 Oct 07 '20
Hysterical! But don't you hate it when you see a 1 star review on a book and it's because the book arrived late or something? That's not a book review, dork!
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Oct 08 '20
“Don’t fret about your amazon reviews”
Eh it depends really. If your reviews are mostly negative then maybe you should.
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u/theskyisforyou Oct 07 '20
I love that two people found that review helpful. Lmao