new authors: do NOT do this, please!

[Leigh]

Wow. That’s a lot of brainpower spent scamming the system. I mean, I’d love reviews...but, wow. Just wow. That’s crazy.

[Jim]

For whatever reason, the vast majority of avid readers choose to never post a rating or review. Those few that do are merely expressing their personal, and therefore subjective, opinion. One reader's "Best book ever!" may very well be another reader's "Worst book ever!" which is why most astute readers very seldom allow a review to impact their purchasing choices.

Many novice authors are unaware of the fact that sales drive reviews, not the other way around.

The odds against any author obtaining commercial success within this extremely competitive field are very high. That said; some have. There is no reason why you might not eventually become one of them. I wish you success.