[ SECRET POST #4525 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #4525 ⌋

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Comments

Re: Secrets you're too lazy to make

[(Anonymous)]

Well, they're certainly not going to make a writer *happy*...

I suppose what would take it from "a bit of a downer" to "offensive" is whether it's a review on Goodreads where (assuming I was an OF writer) I'd have to opt in to read it - or something sent directly to me. Who wants "I hate your work so much!" popping up in their Inbox?

Re: Secrets you're too lazy to make

[(Anonymous)]

AYRT: Ugh, I don't think I gave context here. I don't mean people being upset by bad reviews. That's totally understandable. I mean thinking that any bad review is BAD. There seems to be this attitude that online reviews should only be good.

Re: Secrets you're too lazy to make

[(Anonymous)]

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They're also afraid how it will affect sales.

Re: Secrets you're too lazy to make

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Publishers can and absolutely will drop authors if sales don't perform like projected, or worse, if they don’t make back the money invested in it.

And both publishing houses and self publishers also will prioritize series that are selling well and getting consistent good reviews.

It's usually the badly behaving authors who display the most paranoid attitude and throw tantrums for even the most minor number of bad or even indifferent reviews, and even a large number of bad reviews don't always mean it doesn't sell well (50 Shades - but really this isn't common), but I can understand why it would be another thing to keep an eye on it.