Be sure you want to know

Earlier today I posted a graphic on Facebook instructing people on how they can best help their favorite indie authors on Amazon. The gist of the graphic was these six easy steps.

1. Buy the Book
2. Share “I Bought the Book”
3. Write a Review
4. Like it
5. Tag it
6. Share the Link

I thought, and still think, that it is a pretty cool graphic.

Then a friend asked the hypothetical question, “What if I don’t like the book?”

That made me scratch my head for a second and then I told him that if it’s one of my books I would prefer he not negatively review it but if he did I would hope that he would be fair. I have received more than a few negative reviews but I respect the ones that are fair and constructive as opposed to the …

YOU SUCK AND YOU SHOULD DIE AND YOUR LINE SHOULD BE ERASED FOR SEVEN GENERATIONS!!!

… type.

Reviews help, reviews make me happy, reviews are the Crack of my writing world. But in the immortal words of the amazing Will Wheaton, fuck you I love him, “Don’t be a Dick.”


- Josh