Agreed to review a book. It's awful. Now what?

Agreed to review a book. It's awful. Now what? - Ask MetaFilter

I just received the review copy and read the first chapter, and it's absolutely awful. ... agree ... book was That Bad rather than me not review it ...

What do you do when you feel like a review is wrongly assuming?

Yeah, it sucks, and I feel bad for a few days, but I'll eventually get over it because it's a necessary evil that hopefully over time makes me ...

How to Handle Bad Book Reviews - Writing Mastery Academy

Many authors recommend not reading any reviews of your book once it's published. Dwelling on feedback— whether good or bad— can be detrimental ...

As a author. Does it bother you when you get a bad review on your ...

because of course, cheating is horrible and books that depict it in any way are bad by default. I didn't get it. It would take a whole year ...

How to Handle a Bad Review for your Book | Authors getting bad ...

I didn't want to be too silly in the intro to this video because, getting a bad review, sucks. Point blank. Nothing good about it. You worked ...

8 Tips for Dealing With Negative Reviews of Your Book

... agrees with the reviewer. ... Now, it's absolutely true reviewers know ... It wasn't even a bad review about my book but a bad review about a ...

Negative Reader Reviews? 5 Underused Ways To Deal With Them

It's all too easy to take negative reader reviews personally and think a bad review spells doom for your sales, and even your career!

How to Handle Negative Book Reviews - Aspiring Writer Academy

It's good to sit down and analyze why this bad book review hurt so much. What are your triggers? Is there a bit of truth in that book review ...

Crisis Management: How to Recover from Bad Reviews?

There you go, good advice right there. Don't sweat bad reviews at all unless they have specific criticism. At that point, go in and edit your ...

What to do (and NOT do) when leaving a book review

That's true for the good AND bad reviews. There's no need to worry about an author's feelings because reviews are for READERS, not authors. A ...

What to do when you get a bad review - Author Kim Catanzarite

1: Be ready to feel bad. When I receive an unfavorable, or unfair, review I go through varying shades of hurt, anger, embarrassment, and general ...

You Got Bad Reviews - Now What? How to deal with bad comments

A lot of people say to ignore bad reviews, and I agree to an extent. There are always going to be reviews that are just mean-spirited and offer ...

How to Deal With Bad Book Reviews - LinkedIn

Note: This post was originally published on YouEverywhereNow.com How do you deal with a bad book review? If you receive a bad book review on ...

How to Deal With Bad Reviews - YouTube

Nobody likes getting a bad review. We'd all prefer it if everyone agreed that our books were works of art, but that's never going to happen.

How to Deal with Negative Book Reviews - Scribe Media

Nothing important was ever won by just saying things everyone agrees with. 3. It's OK to Admit That Negative Reviews Make You Feel Bad. Many authors feel guilty ...

Tips for Dealing with Bad Book Reviews (have any to add?)

It's just words, not sticks and stones. Yup, it sucks that the one bad one drowns out the ten good ones. Yup, all true. And then you feel about ...

How To Read Bad Reviews of Your Book Without Ruining Your Life

How To Read Bad Reviews of Your Book Without Ruining Your Life. Image from pixabay. Yeah, I know, you're not supposed to read reviews of your ...

How to Handle Bad Reviews - Medium

How to Handle Bad Reviews ... This article is an abridged extract from my book How to Become a Published Writer & Live to Tell the Tale. You can ...

Ask the Agent: What do I do when I get a bad review on Amazon?

Let's face it — plenty of people ONLY want you to stay something nice. Or to say something awful. So if you're asked to review a book that's bad ...

How I deal with bad reviews - charlotte duckworth studio

1) Remind myself that no rubbish books get publishing deals · 2) Remind myself that a bad review is often because it wasn't what the reader was expecting · 3) ...