I wrote the piece for Amazon. I think you all bring up good points. I have heard from a dozen writers since my piece was posted who all had similar experiences. So I guess it's a lot more common than I had realized. A few writers said that people with competing non-fiction books just bombarded their books with negative reviews. The easiest way to know it is a campaign is that not all that many people post reviews, let a lone one-star ones. So when they come in in droves and they are all one star it's pretty much a dead-giveway. Although, my tormentor figured this out and posted two two-star reviews one day. When they were not whacked, he went back to the one stars.
I wrote the piece for Amazon. I think you all bring up good points. I have heard from a dozen writers since my piece was posted who all had similar experiences. So I guess it's a lot more common than I had realized. A few writers said that people with competing non-fiction books just bombarded their books with negative reviews. The easiest way to know it is a campaign is that not all that many people post reviews, let a lone one-star ones. So when they come in in droves and they are all one star it's pretty much a dead-giveway. Although, my tormentor figured this out and posted two two-star reviews one day. When they were not whacked, he went back to the one stars.
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