I thought the book wasn't worth my reading time because it was nothing more than extracts from two of the author's other books mashed together.
I didn't gain any insight after reading the book because the extracts were incomplete extracts, in that, they told me about all the great things I was about to learn and how much it would change my life. Then it said to buy the author's other two books to learn more.
Learn more?
I hadn't learned anything yet.
Oh, that's a lie, I learned I didn't want to buy the two other books because I felt cheated.
The book I'd just read promised me that I'd learn so much and then told me nothing.
It was nothing more than a piece of promotional material.
And the cheek of it is that this "book" is being sold on Amazon.
Sold!
It's not a free download.
You have to buy it and yet it's nothing but a glorified sales page.
So I left a short review saying what I thought.
Now, you'd think that would be the end of it, wouldn't you?
But oh no.
The author of the book wasn't happy with what I'd written and replied to my review. And then replied again. Each time I received an email from Amazon about his response.
I'm not sure what he hopes to gain by responding to my review.
But it seems that he does it to everyone who leaves a review of his books.
EVERYONE!
How annoying is that?
No one wants to be hassled about their reviews.
This could put people off leaving reviews, or, more importantly, could put them off from buying more of your books.
If you're an author who publishes on Amazon, leave the reviewers alone.
It only makes you look bad and won't change their opinion of your book.
When you read a book and leave a review the last thing you expect is the author to get in touch with you about it.
Whether they like your review or not, it doesn't matter.
A review, good or bad, is a review.
Not an opening for discussion with the author.
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