Nenia Campbell's Blog - Posts Tagged "rage"
Cloak and Dagger Has Almost 400 Ratings!
I'm so excited! I'll have to think of a fun promotion to do....
I've been so busy with work and the BF that I haven't had time to write anything. Maybe I'll try to work on another anthology of short stories, like Wishing Stars, or an instructional/nonfiction piece like How to Write Good, just so you guys have something to read. :)
Meanwhile, Goodreads reveals that their Sitewide Announcement tool is not broken by advertising the GR app on Kindle Fires.... HMMMMMMM...
No. Not going to go there. I have to get up early tomorrow.
But still.
HMMMMMM.
I've been so busy with work and the BF that I haven't had time to write anything. Maybe I'll try to work on another anthology of short stories, like Wishing Stars, or an instructional/nonfiction piece like How to Write Good, just so you guys have something to read. :)
Meanwhile, Goodreads reveals that their Sitewide Announcement tool is not broken by advertising the GR app on Kindle Fires.... HMMMMMMM...
No. Not going to go there. I have to get up early tomorrow.
But still.
HMMMMMM.
Why Negative Reviews Are Good
Negative reviews are super controversial -- but why?
No, I know why. Because they're mean, or because they wreck careers, or because they are not based on fact and blah, blah, blah. But that's not really an answer. That's opinion. And speculation.
Why are negative reviews so controversial?
They actually do everyone a huge, heaping favor.
Who Is Really Impacted By a Negative Review?
One of the arguments against negative reviews is that they keep people from buying books.
Really? Since when did negative reviews become the online equivalent of a chain-link fence?
If people want to read a book, a few negative reviews aren't going to change their mind. Bad author behavior might (we'll get to that later), but negative reviews? Unlikely. Especially if the negative reviewer in question doesn't have a whole lot of books in common with them.
At the very least, it will cause them to take your book with a grain of salt.
There are three ways a reader approaches a book:
In the first scenario, the reader does not want the book. At all. Cool. Not all books are for everyone.
In the second scenario, the reader does want the book. Again, cool. New readers are fun!
In the third scenario, the reader is not sure if they want the book. It might be outside their usual genre but they find the summary somewhat intriguing. Or maybe they really like the cover. Or maybe a friend recommended it to them, but the friend isn't one of their go-to reviewers so they aren't sure.
Again, cool.
This third scenario is important. Why? Because these are the people who will be impacted most by a negative review. They were on the fence from the start, and some of them will be persuaded by a negative review. BUT it's likely that they were already swinging towards no from the start.
So really, negative reviews do you a favor; they prevent people who weren't all that keen on reading your book from the start from reading your book and not liking it.
Takeaway Lesson: Negative reviews create a self-selecting pool of readers.
No, I know why. Because they're mean, or because they wreck careers, or because they are not based on fact and blah, blah, blah. But that's not really an answer. That's opinion. And speculation.
Why are negative reviews so controversial?
They actually do everyone a huge, heaping favor.
Who Is Really Impacted By a Negative Review?
One of the arguments against negative reviews is that they keep people from buying books.
Really? Since when did negative reviews become the online equivalent of a chain-link fence?
If people want to read a book, a few negative reviews aren't going to change their mind. Bad author behavior might (we'll get to that later), but negative reviews? Unlikely. Especially if the negative reviewer in question doesn't have a whole lot of books in common with them.
At the very least, it will cause them to take your book with a grain of salt.
There are three ways a reader approaches a book:
In the first scenario, the reader does not want the book. At all. Cool. Not all books are for everyone.
In the second scenario, the reader does want the book. Again, cool. New readers are fun!
In the third scenario, the reader is not sure if they want the book. It might be outside their usual genre but they find the summary somewhat intriguing. Or maybe they really like the cover. Or maybe a friend recommended it to them, but the friend isn't one of their go-to reviewers so they aren't sure.
Again, cool.
This third scenario is important. Why? Because these are the people who will be impacted most by a negative review. They were on the fence from the start, and some of them will be persuaded by a negative review. BUT it's likely that they were already swinging towards no from the start.
So really, negative reviews do you a favor; they prevent people who weren't all that keen on reading your book from the start from reading your book and not liking it.
Takeaway Lesson: Negative reviews create a self-selecting pool of readers.
