Amazon linking with Goodreads

[A.E.]

Good Evening.
I'm author AE Via and I'm currently on Goodreads updating what I've read in 2016 so far. If I click to link my Amazon purchases to Goodreads so I can easily pick which I want to add to my bookshelf, will it cause me problems, like the ones that have been mentioned on Facebook recently, regarding Amazon deleting reviews for my books because they are my friends on FB or on Goodreads....etc. Does anyone know about this?
Does linking my Amazon to my Goodreads, cause any problems what-so-ever? Especially regarding my book reviews.

[Laura]

While it seems perfectly reasonable to want to link purchases and shelves, I would be cautious. We are not really sure what they are referring to as "connections" between authors and reviewers.
Just because I have read all the books of one author (or several) does not mean I am skewing my ratings and reviews or being compensated. Just because I follow an author should not mean I can not give a fair review.
A verified purchase should not raise flags for a review to be deleted, but to be safe I am not linking Amazon with my other platforms and groups.

[Fox]

Be cautious about what you link. Amazon have become very active in determining a number of things when trying to seed out fake reviews.

For example, your IP address is tracked so if someone posts a review from that same IP subnet, your review will be removed.

If you gift someone a book, that review gets removed.

If you link to Goodreads and you are promoting an author or looking for reviews, I'm sure Amazon will notice.

Just my 2.5 cents worth.

By the way, i've just released my first ever book Monique and i'm a little excited to be an actual author :)

[Nik]

Sounds like you are Julius Assange of amazon/gr relations-:)
Congrats & good luck with Monique!

[Laura]

Fox wrote: "Be cautious about what you link. ..."
Congratulations FOX!