Can you combine Amazon reviews?

[Allan]

Hello fellow indies, I have noticed that the reviews I've obtained on Amazon do not all appear on all their sites, but are scattered amongst them. For example: 2 reviews on Amazon.com, a different review on Amazon.co.uk, and another different one on Amazon.com.au.
Is there any way to get them combined so that all 4 reviews show on each Amazon site? Or is it that reviews from each country will only display on its relative site?

[Christina]

Hi Allan. No, Amazon's various markets are all separate. In some, they will show the .Com reviews below the local reviews, but beyond that, they do not combine them.

[Allan]

Thanks Christina, I appreciate you clarifying this for me :)

[Amie]

Yeah, I remember being surprised by that too. I keep all these windows open in my safari to keep an eye on reviews. If they were all consolidated, I could probably be at least 40% less OCD.

[C.L.]

What annoys me is that Author Central only shows the .Com reviews. I have to manually check other Amazons through KDP to see if I have reviews in other counties.

[Allan]

It is a shame that Amazon do not compile them, after all, it is the same book being reviewed.

[Carole]

Tim wrote: "If I get a very good review on Amazon's UK site or GR, I cut and paste it as an editorial review on Amazon.com with the reviewer's name and an explanation where the original review can be read.

An..."

Posting in the editorial part-Great idea!! I did that with Goodreads on my son's Amazon pages.
Posting to various countries-
You have to have accounts with different Amazons- I post my reviews to the country where the author comes from. For instance- I reviewed a book for a writer from India and I put the review for his book on multiple Amazons- US, Canada, UK, India. I did the same fro an Aussie- including his native country.
I usually post to Amazon US- occasionally I'll include Canada and the UK. (unless I know for sure a writer is from a certain country I don't post to all the different Amazons.)

[C.L.]

Allan wrote: "It is a shame that Amazon do not compile them, after all, it is the same book being reviewed."

Right? I mean, if I'm on Amazon.ca and a product has no reviews, they'll say "here's what reviewers on Amazon.com are saying"... but they never tell people in America what people in Canada or the UK are saying.

Tim's idea of putting things in the editorial section is good, if Amazon doesn't have rules against it.

[Carole]

I know- it's the same think on Amazon UK

[Christina]

C.L. wrote: "Tim's idea of putting things in the editorial section is good, if Amazon doesn't have rules against it. "

Careful. Someone had posted here a while ago saying there are only so many times you are allowed to edit your editorial reviews. Might just be better off using that space for an actual editorial reviews.

[Allan]

Carole wrote: "Tim wrote: "If I get a very good review on Amazon's UK site or GR, I cut and paste it as an editorial review on Amazon.com with the reviewer's name and an explanation where the original review can ..."

It would be great if all reviewers did this Carole, but I don't think many people realize there are so many Amazon pages and they do not carry from one to the next. I also think that It is hard enough to get a review, I don't imagine many of those reviewers would be happy to complete the same review on several amazon pages. So good work by you, going the extra mile :)

[Allan]

Christina wrote: "C.L. wrote: "Tim's idea of putting things in the editorial section is good, if Amazon doesn't have rules against it. "

Careful. Someone had posted here a while ago saying there are only so many ti..."

Yes, I second that, take care, I'm sure I read somewhere that there is a cap on how many editorial reviews you ca have too.