Why Authors Shouldn't Respond to Their Reviewers

Why Authors Shouldn't Respond to Their Reviewers - Book Riot

Author Rule #4: Never contact a reviewer unless they contact you first. Even if they've said they love your books.

Why authors shouldn't respond to negative reviews - Rachel Rowlands

As writers, we pour so much of ourselves into our work. Even if a reviewer is only commenting on the book's content, it's easy for the author to ...

Why is it bad for authors to read reviews? : r/writers - Reddit

When you can't handle a negative review, or one you feel is negative, the urge to defend yourself or your book can become overwhelming. The ...

Authors Shouldn't Respond to Reviews | by Beth van der Pol - Medium

That's it. It's not a personal attack. It's not 'misunderstanding' your story. It's just suggesting that readers like them shouldn't read your ...

Should authors respond directly back in response of reviewer ...

Most authors don't respond at all to reviews whether good or bad and neither will their editors. The thing with troll reviews is that ...

Saturday Book Discussion: Should authors engage with reviewers?

Publishers call this the Author's Big Mistake: do not, under any circumstances, respond to a review. Not a negative review, not a positive review. Special ...

Can authors respond to reviewers? - Quora

Yes, authors can respond to reviewers in most academic publishing processes. When submitting an article for peer review, the journal editor ...

Why authors shouldn't read reader reviews - Dear Writer

Readers who leave reviews are a small and biased percentage of your readers · They loved it and they want to gush so others will buy it and also ...

Authors should never respond to reviews? | Page 5 - Absolute Write

It doesn't bother me if authors respond to my reviews. Several have done so. The issue isn't whether reviewers should stand by their opinions, ...

Author to Author: On responding to reviews

Readers have voiced for years, that this makes them feel uncomfortable. It makes them feel like authors are following them—and not in the good, ...

ettiquette of reviewing-Authors behaving Badly - Kindle Forum

But I've seen too many instances where a writer will get all defensive in replying to a one or two star review, and then the reviewer gets ...

Is it ever okay for an author to respond to reviews? - Absolute Write

I think reviews are meant for readers, not for authors. I understand where you're coming from with the racism or bigotry angle, but I think it's ...

Authors, Should You Respond to Your Reviews? - Kindle Forum

The urge to respond to a review becomes very strong when you, a writer of historicals, receive a review from someone who admits to not knowing the history, and ...

Why authors shouldn't read book reviews | H Noss Proofreads

Responding to reviews could also risk promoting a parasocial relationship with your readers, which is a whole other problem. What can authors do to cope with ...

When should an author respond to reviews? - Ask MetaFilter

If an author thanked you for your review, would you be pleased or weirded out? Would an author who responded to many (or all) reviews seem ...

Why I Don't Respond to Reviews (and you shouldn't either)

When an author directly responds to a review, it becomes personal when it was never meant to. That reviewer did not leave the review for the ...

The one thing an author should never, ever do. - Empty Mirror

If someone leaves a good review, don't comment then, either. Reviewers don't like to think that an author is, in effect, hovering over them and ...

Authors! Reviews Are Not for You! | by Georgie James - Medium

If you're reading them or not, but especially if you're reading them, my tip is to assume the best intentions on the part of the reviewer. As I ...

Dear Editor | Should I Respond to Reviews?

It is generally agreed that authors shouldn't respond to reviews on Amazon or other retail sites, even if the review is positive.

Should authors respond to book reviews? - The Philosophers' Cocoon

My initial and tentative thought is that authors should ignore reviews that they take to be unfair, uncharitable, or otherwise incompetent. The ...