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I don't think the discussion exists anymore. What happened, Jex? I heard about Bookplex via another group and I looked at the website and it sounded fishy.
Agreed. I checked Bookplex out yesterday and decided to pass after finding several grammatical errors on the site. Would I love to generate an income for something that takes up a huge portion of my time? Of course! I'm not crazy! LOL However, I already receive free books, so I'll stick with that formula. Frankly, I'm sceptical of an author that pays for reviews. It just seems so unethical though I know that's not the reason most authors pay for reviews. Most authors, I'm sure (benefit of the doubt here), just want to compensate reviewers for their time and get some reviews out there as well as generate word of mouth advertising. However, a paid review carries a taint to it that for me just won't go away. And I can say the same of a review written by someone that was paid to write it. The honesty would always be in question.
Looks the mod deleted it since the bookplex guy was swearing at everyone. Basically a guy is advertising his new business, bookplex, all over goodreads. Someone brought up the fact that Amazon and Goodreads will not post reviews where the reviewer has been paid to them. This led to discussion about how he discloses that they're paid but couldn't prove it. One thing led to another and someone asking questions about his site turned him into a raving lunatic that yelled at everyone because the world was against him or something.
The gist of it is, if you are reviewing books a lot of sites won't let you post your review if you've been paid to do it. The only compensation you can receive is a free copy of the book or book related merchandise. If you're writing for your personal blog the choice is up to you. Also, authors that are paying for reviews, unbiased or not, are tainting their reputation for that book as well any they write in the future. It's highly frowned upon.
If it was in the eBook giveaways group the Mod deleted the thread. I can't remember which group it was in, but I was going to report it.
It was the givewaway group. I've seen discussions about it popping up all over though, which is why I wanted to post this warning. It's appeared in at least 3 of my groups and I don't belong to very many.
Jex, I wouldn't be at all surprised if it was the Bookplex guy that deleted the thread, since he initiated it. He did NOT come across the gentleman in that one.
The mod posted that she deleted it for inappropriate behavior. By the end he was using some pretty foul language.
I think she would have been better off leaving it up and putting a warning about the language. I think the guy's comments would have steered more people away. The whole thing sounds shady.
True. But, maybe it was the part about him saying he was getting tons of hits on his site since the discussion started. She didn't want to give him free publicity.
Jex, do you have a link to the group this was posted in? It looks like he's posting in another group I belong to and I'd like to let the mod of that group know.
same guy. Notice if you look through recent activity they are all posting about Bookplex :-P
I have to say something about bookplex. I know that I am late to the discussion.I was a reviewer and I thought it was the perfect job. I read a lot and wanted to read books that normally I would not have read. Well to add to the shady company is the fact that they do not pay on time and when cornered with a time for payment you get the runaround. I love reading and it is guys like this that actually ticks me off. So if you are interested in reading for them please DON'T you wont get paid and if you do it is several months later. I wish I had read these comments before I started working for them. Now I quit and except for the money I am out, I hope someone else reads this and stops using them and wont get sucked in like I did.
Bookplex is a horrible company. I decided that because I read so much that I should get paid to do it. I would read a book and then post a review of the book. They only pay monthly, but I figure its close to being a savings account because I don't really use PayPal.
Well, first payment was okay. It is supposed to be approved on the first day of the following month. I did not get that payment until 10 days later.
School and work picked up, and I didn't review as much after I purchased Kindle Unlimited to help get the books I needed to review.
The next month rolls around and I am supposed to receive $16.98. I know it isn't much, but still. It shows it was approved. I waited. I waited some more. After 15 days, and no payment after an email was sent to me stating that they sent me my payment, I sent them an email.
They told me that they could not confirm my reviews. So I got the list of reviews, provided that information. I still have not received a payment. This was after I got an extremely rude email from Shanaya, Sr. Administrative Associate.
Basically I was told that " Since you have mentioned that you are not a happy reviewer, I want to bring it to your notice that you have not been an active reviewer for us. Your review come on the website and I approve them, you get paid for them the next month"..... Uh, I still have not been paid.
I am just giving a warning to those who think being paid to review books is worth it. FYI - Paid Reviews on Amazon are actually illegal and you can be sued over it. So, I informed Amazon of the situation so I do not end up with legal issues.
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