Author meltdown at negative review

xD http://booksandpals.blogspot.com/2011/03/greek-seaman-jacqueline-howett.html

It's Tara Gilesbie's long-lost aunt!

And why not just e-mail the reviewer with the better copy and ask them to reconsider it?

That's what happened; apparently the issues were still there.

Anyway. Amazon doesn't do proofing? What kind of publisher is that?

edited 29th Mar '11 5:39:00 PM by Tzetze

Ah, yeah. The first time I looked at the link I only read the first four or five comments.

I imagine that Amazon just provides a service for self-publishing. Since they don't actually put their own money behing the book, that means it's more economical for them to let the authors "sink or swim" on their own editing and proofing.

edited 29th Mar '11 5:44:41 PM by Wanderhome

She didn't ask them to reconsider, she whined about it...

@OP: And this, right here, is why publishing a book online nets one exactly zero respect. What a twit.

That's...actually pretty funny. I needed a laugh. This'll do.

Words fail me.

Only that, if I ever publish, that I can take a bad review.

Damn. She just reeks of professionalism, doesn't she?

Jesus, someone put this bitch on some meds.

XD!

Man this Jacqueline bitch is such a stooge!

• SIGH* Do we really need to say more?

Not really; I just wanted to call her a stooge on a public forum.

No need to do that here, they did that quite well over there.

But it does illustrate clearly that an author must guard against viewing their work as a sacred cow that mustn't bear any criticism.

Um yeah she put her foot into it. She acted very unprofessionally and should not have lost her cool. If anything it has damaged her image online whatever image their was to begin with.

edited 30th Mar '11 2:03:57 PM by TuefelHundenIV

Everyone gets bad reviews; if you can't take them, maybe you shouldn't read your reviews. Even the best authors and best books get bad reviews.

Also, that wasn't even a wholly bad review. It actually praised the plot and story, and just felt that bad grammar and typos made the book hard to enjoy.

I can totally see and sympathise with both sides here

However, 'complaining' publicly and in such a terrible way, gets no sympathy from me. making accusations of dishonesty and malicious behaviour by the reviewer, really not cool. At all.

I've been reviewed (my writing, anyway). many times. Frequently I have found them unpleasant. Often I have contemplated evil deeds towards the reviewers. I've never carried through, because it's innappropriate to react that way to a review you don't like

But seriously, if it wasn't such a serious issue, there's comedy gold aplenty in that episode

Here's a similar one I found that strikes me as pretty hilarious as well. Same sort of thing, someone gives this chick a bad review, she blows up, then decides to retaliate by inserting an unflattering depiction of the reviewer into her next book. My favourite part is how she seems so giddy and gleeful over her dastardly deed, as if thinking that as soon as the reviewer reads that part, she'll break down in tears over how horrible the author was to her and lament how thoroughly she got owned, when in reality, more than likely she'll either a) not even read it in the first place, seeing how little she liked the first book, or b) read it and not give a shit.

I wish I could have "bad reviews" like that. Or any.

Or read it and laugh heartily.

edited 30th Mar '11 5:17:57 PM by mailedbypostman

Thank you for the laugh, Zoulza. That was fantastic.

The comment section of the review should have been locked way, way sooner. The author acted badly, but dancing on her grave is not classy, either.

Eh, it's not classy, but I won't shed any tears over an illiterate twit who has the balls to reply to a reviewer with a "fuck you."

Quoted for truth. , Kash!

Gave it another look, and you're right. Giving sympathy where it's begged for is a bad habit of mine.

My unrestrained thoughts on this girl? They are (deep breath): DO NOT FEED.

Huh, that wasn't so bad.

It wouldn't be too bad if it were a girl, but this is a middle-aged woman who should definitely know better. I wish, for her sake, that this was some idiot hacking her account.