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Some of my Amazon reviews for "The Headpoke And Firewedding" and "The Spermbot Blues" are five star not showing on my author's page. How can I include these reviews on my page. Thankyou
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Paul,Unfortunately, from everything I've read here when someone else asked this question...there's no way to "transfer" reviews between AMZ and GR or vice versa.
I'm assuming the logic is that it's up to a reviewer where to post a review...just on his/her blog, on someone else's blog, at AMZ, at GR, or wherever. And whether the review is posted in one location or many is a decision only the reviewer can make.
And I'm reasonably sure that if you were to contact those AMZ reviewers and ask them to post here, you'd be at risk of violating GR's Terms of Service.
However, your best bet for getting an authoritative answer is to email GR support with the question. I think that address is simply: support AT goodreads DOT com.
Hope this helps.
Eric
Eric wrote: "Paul,Unfortunately, from everything I've read here when someone else asked this question...there's no way to "transfer" reviews between AMZ and GR or vice versa.
I'm assuming the logic is that ..."
Thankyou Eric for your comprehensive reply.
Paul wrote: "Thankyou Eric for your comprehensive reply. "Eric is right, you can't. Reviews belong to the reviewer, and it's up to them where they post it. Many people who post reviews on Amazon aren't GoodReads users.
The good news is they're on Amazon, where potential customers are actually shopping :D
Paul, Eric and Alexandra are right, we don't actually allow outside reviews on book pages - our reviews are all user-generated by Goodreads members. You're welcome to post excerpts from outside reviews on self-serve ads or giveaway descriptions to promote interest in your book, however. You can also post these reviews on your author blog for all your followers to see.
Jaclyn wrote: "Paul, Eric and Alexandra are right, we don't actually allow outside reviews on book pages - our reviews are all user-generated by Goodreads members. You're welcome to post excerpts from outside rev..."That's really good. Thankyou Jaclyn
How do you promote you book here to get more reviews?
I made a suggestion about sharing reviews under the "Ask Goodreads" category. It caused quite an uproar. But, one moderator said he would pass my suggestion along. Apparently, this comes up quite frequently. It makes no sense to me, if Amazon and Goodreads are partnering, why they can't share reviews, with the reviewer's permission. You can see the entire chain in Ask Goodreads.
JoAnn Lord Koff wrote: "How do you promote you book here to get more reviews?"Check out our Help Page here on this topic! 😊
Shaun wrote: "JoAnn Lord Koff wrote: "How do you promote you book here to get more reviews?"Check out our Help Page here on this topic! 😊"
What does your comment have to do with the question asked?
Vannessa wrote: "Shaun wrote: "JoAnn Lord Koff wrote: "How do you promote you book here to get more reviews?"Check out our Help Page here on this topic! 😊"
What does your comment have to do with the question asked?"
Respectfully, Vanessa, it was JoAnn who was asking what might technically be considered an "off-topic" post, but considering this topic is only 10 posts long, I suggest it's no big deal. And Shaun, who I believe is one of the GR folks (official GR title unknown) who answer questions, simply did her the courtesy of responding.
Just my USD .02.
My apologies if offense was given, as none was intended.
Eric
Vannessa wrote: "What does your comment have to do with the question asked?"The timestamp between message 6 and message 7 is over a year. The most recent question (message 7) required addressing; although, a new thread on the topic probably could've been created. Sorry for any confusion!
