Comments on: Yummy and What Not To Do http://www.jordansummers.com/2009/07/03/yummy-and-what-not-to-do/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=yummy-and-what-not-to-do Romance Writer & Urban Fantasy Novelist Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:03:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jordan Summers http://www.jordansummers.com/2009/07/03/yummy-and-what-not-to-do/comment-page-1/#comment-16685 Jordan Summers Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:41:58 +0000 http://www.jordansummers.com/2009/07/03/yummy-and-what-not-to-do/#comment-16685 Vivi, That's how I feel. I'm sure I'd be bummed if the first review of any of my books was a clunker, but then I'd let it go. The bottom line is you can't buy into either kind. Vivi, That’s how I feel. I’m sure I’d be bummed if the first review of any of my books was a clunker, but then I’d let it go. The bottom line is you can’t buy into either kind.

]]> By: Jordan Summers http://www.jordansummers.com/2009/07/03/yummy-and-what-not-to-do/comment-page-1/#comment-16684 Jordan Summers Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:40:47 +0000 http://www.jordansummers.com/2009/07/03/yummy-and-what-not-to-do/#comment-16684 Amie, Thanks! Hope you have a good fourth, too. I think ignoring it would've been the best course. The numbers on Amazon are good, so the book is selling. She should've just waited until a few more came in. That bad one would've been buried quickly. And yes, I know it might have affected a few sales, but not many. As for it being a personal attack, it didn't read that way to me. She posted again stating she won't sit by quietly when she reads a review that she thinks sounds like an attack. I wish her well. It's going to be a rough road. Of course, if she knows this girl personally, then there may be history there we don't know about. Shrug. Amie, Thanks! Hope you have a good fourth, too.

I think ignoring it would’ve been the best course. The numbers on Amazon are good, so the book is selling. She should’ve just waited until a few more came in. That bad one would’ve been buried quickly. And yes, I know it might have affected a few sales, but not many. As for it being a personal attack, it didn’t read that way to me. She posted again stating she won’t sit by quietly when she reads a review that she thinks sounds like an attack. I wish her well. It’s going to be a rough road. Of course, if she knows this girl personally, then there may be history there we don’t know about. Shrug.

]]> By: Jordan Summers http://www.jordansummers.com/2009/07/03/yummy-and-what-not-to-do/comment-page-1/#comment-16683 Jordan Summers Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:32:35 +0000 http://www.jordansummers.com/2009/07/03/yummy-and-what-not-to-do/#comment-16683 Charli, They aren't too bad calorie wise, but they are definitely addictive. YUM! Therein lies the biggest problem with responding. I admit I have commented on a couple of sites, but one was just to tell the readers there wasn't a rape in my book. (It was stated that there was.) The other was just to thank the reviewer who savaged my book for taking the time to review it. ;) *ggg* Charli, They aren’t too bad calorie wise, but they are definitely addictive. YUM!

Therein lies the biggest problem with responding. I admit I have commented on a couple of sites, but one was just to tell the readers there wasn’t a rape in my book. (It was stated that there was.) The other was just to thank the reviewer who savaged my book for taking the time to review it. ;) *ggg*

]]> By: Jordan Summers http://www.jordansummers.com/2009/07/03/yummy-and-what-not-to-do/comment-page-1/#comment-16682 Jordan Summers Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:21:59 +0000 http://www.jordansummers.com/2009/07/03/yummy-and-what-not-to-do/#comment-16682 Bernard, The problem is no matter how she answers she comes off looking bad. Obviously, if this is a disguised personal attack, then that's a completely different animal. I would've still sent a private note. The thing is if it is a personal shot disguised as a review, then Karma is going to bite the reviewer in the arse because she states that she's a writer in the comments. :shock: Bernard, The problem is no matter how she answers she comes off looking bad. Obviously, if this is a disguised personal attack, then that’s a completely different animal. I would’ve still sent a private note. The thing is if it is a personal shot disguised as a review, then Karma is going to bite the reviewer in the arse because she states that she’s a writer in the comments. :shock:

]]> By: Vivi Anna http://www.jordansummers.com/2009/07/03/yummy-and-what-not-to-do/comment-page-1/#comment-16681 Vivi Anna Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:13:36 +0000 http://www.jordansummers.com/2009/07/03/yummy-and-what-not-to-do/#comment-16681 Bad reviews mean nothing to me. I read it, then forget about it. Yes, it sucks if they got info wrong or misinfo, but that's the way it happens sometimes. A review is an opinion, nothing more. And everyone is entitled to express that opinion even if you think it's full of crap. Bad reviews mean nothing to me. I read it, then forget about it.

Yes, it sucks if they got info wrong or misinfo, but that’s the way it happens sometimes. A review is an opinion, nothing more. And everyone is entitled to express that opinion even if you think it’s full of crap.

]]> By: Amie http://www.jordansummers.com/2009/07/03/yummy-and-what-not-to-do/comment-page-1/#comment-16680 Amie Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:58:24 +0000 http://www.jordansummers.com/2009/07/03/yummy-and-what-not-to-do/#comment-16680 I gotta go with Charli. It sucks for the author but they had this discussion on twitter yesterday (LOL) and my comment was, what works for some won't work for others so explaining yourself (what you were trying to achieve etc) is useless. Is best to take it all in stride and keep that old chin up! If however it WAS personal by someone she knew, mabye she should have just contacted amazon. That said, it didn't SOUND personal *shrugs* just my 2 cents. Have a happy fourth doll! I gotta go with Charli. It sucks for the author but they had this discussion on twitter yesterday (LOL) and my comment was, what works for some won’t work for others so explaining yourself (what you were trying to achieve etc) is useless. Is best to take it all in stride and keep that old chin up! If however it WAS personal by someone she knew, mabye she should have just contacted amazon. That said, it didn’t SOUND personal *shrugs* just my 2 cents.

Have a happy fourth doll!

]]> By: Charli http://www.jordansummers.com/2009/07/03/yummy-and-what-not-to-do/comment-page-1/#comment-16679 Charli Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:33:43 +0000 http://www.jordansummers.com/2009/07/03/yummy-and-what-not-to-do/#comment-16679 So, better avoid Stacy's Pita chips if I want to achieve my fitness goal for the year? :lol: An author responding to a poor review never makes the author look good. Yes, it's annoying when they are wrong, when they say things happened that didn't (will I ever forget the review that called Wolf in Cheap Clothing a Christmas story?), but I really believe the whole Law of Attraction thing about drawing attention to what you want to be the focus. Do you want people focusing on somebody's error-riddled review? Or your book? Decide, and focus on that. I truly don't understand the authors who draw so much attention to the bad review that hordes of people who would never have noticed it otherwise go read it. So, better avoid Stacy’s Pita chips if I want to achieve my fitness goal for the year? :lol:

An author responding to a poor review never makes the author look good. Yes, it’s annoying when they are wrong, when they say things happened that didn’t (will I ever forget the review that called Wolf in Cheap Clothing a Christmas story?), but I really believe the whole Law of Attraction thing about drawing attention to what you want to be the focus. Do you want people focusing on somebody’s error-riddled review? Or your book? Decide, and focus on that.

I truly don’t understand the authors who draw so much attention to the bad review that hordes of people who would never have noticed it otherwise go read it.

]]> By: BernardL http://www.jordansummers.com/2009/07/03/yummy-and-what-not-to-do/comment-page-1/#comment-16678 BernardL Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:06:46 +0000 http://www.jordansummers.com/2009/07/03/yummy-and-what-not-to-do/#comment-16678 I liked the author's rebuttal. In hinting she knew the identity of the reader she went a little askew (even if she's right). From the reader's view I could understand buying a book, thinking it sucked after the first fifty pages, and wanting to let the author know. I would have saved the comments for a personal e-mail to the author rather than do a hit piece on Amazon. It seems the reader wanted to provoke the author publicly and it worked, which I think was your point. It probably would have been better for the author to let it slide, but a reader review like that can cost her a lot of money if left unanswered. I liked the author’s rebuttal. In hinting she knew the identity of the reader she went a little askew (even if she’s right). From the reader’s view I could understand buying a book, thinking it sucked after the first fifty pages, and wanting to let the author know. I would have saved the comments for a personal e-mail to the author rather than do a hit piece on Amazon. It seems the reader wanted to provoke the author publicly and it worked, which I think was your point. It probably would have been better for the author to let it slide, but a reader review like that can cost her a lot of money if left unanswered.

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