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Are you logged into your Amazon account?
Actually, that shouldn't matter. There is a "Write a customer review" button located at the end of the list of reviews for whatever book you're looking at. Do you not see that button?
I'm gonna go on my Amazon now and look. I've never noticed it beforehand.
I did see a customer review button. Amazon tells me that I need to wait a 48 hour period before I can review. I guess I can review it, I just need to wait out for the time?
Aaah, gotcha. Thanks Linda. I'll definitely remember that. Don't wanna do anything illegal, heh. Just so I'm sure I understand this right-- I don't have to buy the book that I want to review, I'll just have to have bought something? That makes sense. I haven't bought anything with my Amazon account. So I guess that's why I'm having some problems.
Linda wrote: "You have to have bought SOMETHING, anything, from Amazon and have an account "in good standing" in order to review. You do not have to have purchased the item, or book, from Amazon. Lots of peopl..."Thanks, Linda, I didn't know about that little wrinkle.
L. wrote: "Aaah, gotcha. Thanks Linda. I'll definitely remember that. Don't wanna do anything illegal, heh. Just so I'm sure I understand this right-- I don't have to buy the book that I want to review, I'l..."
What Linda's saying makes sense here.
Linda wrote: "You have to have bought SOMETHING, anything, from Amazon and have an account "in good standing" in order to review. You do not have to have purchased the item, or book, from Amazon. Lots of peopl..."Linda has it correct. I post most of my books on Amazon, except for the ones with potty words that won't fly by their censors and I don't care to rework them to make them fit. Same as with spoiler tags that I have here at GR and not at Amazon.
I pick up books at library sales, used book stores and newer ones from the library. I've never had a review kicked back for that reason. If I bought the book (used or new) on Amazon, it shows the verified purchase tag. For the newer books I get from the library, I'll just make a note in the review as to source, like I would for the few review books I still accept.
I vaguely recall there being a waiting period after the first review I posted, but it's been a while and my memory is poor.
Well, mystery solved. I appreciate it very much! :)
CeDany wrote: "Is it true that if the users paid a monthly fee to read all they want that since no sales take place the authors don't get paid a royalty?..."Authors get paid by the pages read. The amount per page depends on the amount of money Amazon got from the subscriptions on said month. I don't know where the people took the idea authors were not being paid.
It is true that for those who write short stories the changes from a fix amount per book to pages read might have cut down on their revenue. But it makes it more equal for those who write longer stories. So I guess it depends on what side of the fence you stand. I like the pay per page myself. Let me explain further.It used to be you get paid a fixed price per book picked up by a reader (whether it was read or not) so authors who wrote 10 short stories of 10 pages each were paid ten times more than an author with one story of 100 pages.
Now you don't get paid unless the pages are read and by page read, so the same two authors mentioned in my example would end up getting the same pay if the books were actually read.
G.G. wrote: "CeDany wrote: "Is it true that if the users paid a monthly fee to read all they want that since no sales take place the authors don't get paid a royalty?..."Authors get paid by the pages read. Th..."
That is so cool :)
Gee, I'm not sure. I don't know how some people are willing to review it, even though you have to pay in order to review the book. Someone was willing to review my book if I send him a copy, and he said he has his own way of doing it! Can you believe it??? So I still don't have the answer to the question, I'm afraid. :( Sorry.
Gregor wrote: "Linda wrote: "You have to have bought SOMETHING, anything, from Amazon and have an account "in good standing" in order to review. You do not have to have purchased the item, or book, from Amazon. L..."From what I understand, downloading a free book on Amazon also counts as a purchase.
As long as you have an active account and bought something on Amazon, you can review any product even if you didn't buy that product on Amazon. I think the idea of having bought something there before prevents people from opening fake accounts just to boost reviews.
Melva wrote: "Gregor wrote: "Linda wrote: "You have to have bought SOMETHING, anything, from Amazon and have an account "in good standing" in order to review. You do not have to have purchased the item, or book,..."If you write a review on a book you downloaded for free, it should show Verified Purchase. However, from a friend's experience, if you only downloaded free things but never actually paid for anything, you cannot review. You have to have made at least one purchase. (I can't verify this since though. I've been an Amazon customer since the late 1990s.)
Okay, my Amazon question has me a bit puzzled. I can't review books on Amazon if I've never bought the book. I guess that's the same for other users? The confusion comes in when I asked two reviewers to read/review my book and they had no trouble posting their Amazon reviews. I know they didn't buy my book because I emailed them the copy for free. So did they have a special bypass? Maybe I'm doing something wrong here?
I like helping out fellow authors when I read their books and reviewing on their Amazon pages would help them. So, yup, that is what's on my mind.
Stay warm and thank you :)