Group 342. General - Mod. Kat

[Sass]

Note from Sass: I sent my book to all my reviewers (via email) who supplied their addresses, and I contacted the people to review about their books

[Dee]

Thanks Kat for the quick summary for the new like me. I look forward to reading Light My Pyre.
And I'll be buying all the books I'm reviewing from Amazon. Thanks, everyone.

[pdmac]

I've bought all the books I'm reviewing from Amazon. Looking forward to reading them all.

[Kat]

Dee wrote: "Thanks Kat for the quick summary for the new like me. I look forward to reading Light My Pyre.
And I'll be buying all the books I'm reviewing from Amazon. Thanks, everyone."

Thanks, Dee! If you read Light My Pyre, be sure to post your reviews in the one for one thread and grab a x2 there!

[Rik]

Hello Arriah, Khurram, and PD,
I just tried to message each of you and Goodreads isn't letting any of my messages go out "user not found". Please message me and let me know where I can send a pdf or an ePub , and the book will be free OCT-12th - 16th. Sorry about this - maybe I have something set up wrong - I can't find anything helpful online

[Angela]

Sass wrote: "Note from Sass: I sent my book to all my reviewers (via email) who supplied their addresses, and I contacted the people to review about their books"

Hi Sass, please send me a different book (Poisoned in Province would be my preference, as I've also read Silenced in Salem), since I've already read Rich & Sexy...

[Kat]

Arriah wrote: "Hi Rik

It seems you have set your messages to Private. I am not able to send you a message.

Regards
Arriah (Dami)"

Rik's messages appear fine to me. Are you using Goodreads from a desktop? Some features do not work correctly on the app.

[Kat]

Rik, how are you trying to send messages? If you're not already doing this, go to the person's author page, then look below their avatar. Next to the button where it says "follow author" should be a down arrow. Click on the down arrow and a drop down menu will appear. Select "send message."

Make sure you are using Goodreads from a computer or the web browser. The Goodreads app is notoriously buggy.

[Rik]

Kat wrote: "Rik, how are you trying to send messages? If you're not already doing this, go to the person's author page, then look below their avatar. Next to the button where it says "follow author" should be ..."

THANK YOU - THAT I WILL TRY

[Rik]

Thank you, thank you, thank you!
That worked!
I googled the problem (and looked for the proper method)- that solution was never mentioned


!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Kat]

Goodreads messaging is not set up in a way that is easy to find or intuitive. And the GR app is just a mess.

[pdmac]

Kat - I've posted my first review to Amazon (today). Is that sufficient or do I need to also post the review to Goodreads?

[Kat]

pdmac wrote: "Kat - I've posted my first review to Amazon (today). Is that sufficient or do I need to also post the review to Goodreads?"

Hi pdmac! You need to post each review to both Amazon and Goodreads, and then you need to post the links to those reviews in this thread.

To find the link to your goodreads review, go to your author page, scroll down the page to your feed, then right click on the review where it says "see review" to copy the link (then paste it in this thread.)

To find an Amazon link, if Amazon doesn't automatically email you the link, go to the book's Amazon page. Sort the reviews by most recent. Find your review, then click on the title of the review. That will take you to a separate page with just that review, and you can copy the contents of the address bar to get your review.

IMPORTANT NOTE about Amazon reviews. You need to remove everything after and including the letters "ref" in the link in order to remove your personal identifying information and get a "clean link."

An Amazon link, posted correctly, will look like this:

https://www.amazon.ca/review/RTCYK3BQ...

Hope this helps!

[David]

Hi Everyone. Here are the Goodreads and Amazon links to Zita's book. Take care.

https://www.amazon.com/review/RIZP2EV...

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[pdmac]

Hi All. Here are the Goodreads and Amazon links to Sass Green's book:

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-re...

[Kat]

All, please see msg 65 for an example of what a clean Amz link looks like with the extra personal data removed. Pdmac did it perfectly!

[David]

Here is the revised Amazon link for Zita's book.

https://www.amazon.com/review/RIZP2EV...

Please advise and take care.

[Kat]

Thanks, David. If you can also please take out the letters "ref" that will make the link work. Thanks!

[David]

Ok

https://www.amazon.com/review/RIZP2EV...

[Rik]

Hello Folks!
The Thrill Kings collection free days started - they end late Monday night. Thank you
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CHPND3D7

[Kat]

Perfect, thank you, David!

[Angela]

1st review done for ANTUNITES UNITE.

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Amazon: pending

[Kat]

Thanks, Angela!

[Sass]

Thank you. The review for Arriah Kiprujistho below

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Amazon still pending and will update when it shows

[Sass]

Thank you. The Goodreads review for Thrill Kings. Amazon still pending


https://www.goodreads.com/review/new/...

[David]

Hi Everyone. My review for Angela's book.

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-re...

[Kat]

Sass, with Arriah's book, you posted a review and a rating.

With Rik's book, you only posted a rating on Goodreads, not a review.

[Kat]

David, I really appreciate your efforts with Amz clean links. Cut everything after and including "ref" but you still need the review number. :)

Look at Rik's in message 70 for an example.

[Sass]

Thanks Kat. I'll see why it's not visible to others ...

[David]

How is this?

https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-re...

[Sass]

Riks book displays rating and review displays correctly in incognito>

Here is the Amazon review for ARRIAH
https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-re...

[Kat]

David wrote: "How is this?

https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-re..."

Perfect, David! Thank you! :)

[Kat]

Hi Sass. Thanks for updating the review.

Please compare the links that you posted in messages 74 and 75,

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
https://www.goodreads.com/review/new/...

The first, for Arriah's book, is for a completed review. ("show" in the link) The second, that you posted for Rik's book, indicates a review has not yet been written. ("new" in the link) You can also always check your GR bookshelf to confirm you entered a review. Goodreads can be glitchy, so sometimes I think I've entered a review, and it thinks I'm a spammer and rejects it and I have to try again. If you look next to a book on your shelf and it says "view" then you have only entered a rating. If it says "view with text" then you have entered a rating and a review (I checked this also.)

Hope this helps! :)

[Kat]

Here is your review link for Rik's book:

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Sass]

Hello everyone - checking here that everyone has the copy of Rich & Sexy I sent them or they bought. If anyone is still having trouble receiving the email and/or the book I can post a public link here to download the book from Bookfunnel.

[Sass]

Thanks Kat. I'll try your method

[Sass]

Thanks here is the Goodreads review for David Gordon.

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Sass]

When I went to review David's book on Amazon, it said "Product not eligible to be reviewed."

Others reviewing David, do you get the same message? I took a screenshot but I don't see a way to post it here.

Kat please advise. I had no trouble posting the other two reviews on Amazon.

[David]

Thanks Sass. You can post the Amazon review on 10/18 when the pre-order phase is done. Much appreciated and take care.

[Sass]

Here is the link to David's page if anyone has any ideas to get around it

https://www.amazon.com/Mummys-Vengean...

[David]

Thanks Sass. You can post the Amazon review on 10/18 when the pre-order phase is done. Much appreciated and take care.

[Kat]

Apologies. Sass, I forgot to check this, but it shouldn't be an issue with David's book going live within 10 days of the round starting. Go ahead and move on to Khurram's book. If new rounds open up and the only thing keeping you from joining is David's Amazon review (i.e. you have the other 3 Amazon reviews posted and all 4 Goodreads reviews) then I'll clear you to join the new round while you wait for David's Amazon review to go through, but you need to please get David's review in within a week of it going live (by 10/25.)

[David]

I am sorry for any inconvenience as well Sass. Everything should be cool by 10/18. Take care and have a great rest of the weekend.

[Angela]

Sass wrote: "Hello everyone - checking here that everyone has the copy of Rich & Sexy I sent them or they bought. If anyone is still having trouble receiving the email and/or the book I can post a public link h..."

Hi Sass Green -- I still haven't received your book...

I've already read Rich&Sexy in another round; I need a different book. Please send a PDF of something else. I've also read Silenced in Salem already.

[Angela]

David wrote: "Hi Everyone. My review for Angela's book.

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-re..."

Thank you, David.

[Angela]

2nd review for TEKA LEGACY:
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Amazon: pending

[Angela]

Also, Amazon reviews for #1 and #2:

ANTUNITES UNITE: https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-re...

TEKA LEGACY: https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-re...

[Kat]

Sass, please send Angela your book.

[Sass]

Thanks. Yes, I've tried at least 20 times since the day we got the assignment and can not explain why it hasn't been received

I created this special link to Bookfunnel where Angela can download it directly and receive her preference of PdF or epub

Please email me Angela if for some reason you can't get it

https://dl.bookfunnel.com/l5es8ob3sd

[Angela]

Sass wrote: "Thanks. Yes, I've tried at least 20 times since the day we got the assignment and can not explain why it hasn't been received

I created this special link to Bookfunnel where Angela can download it..."

Dear Sass, as I've responded to you in messages and emails, I've already read this particular book... I need a different one.