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Angela is not only the publisher of WritersWeekly.com. She is President & CEO of BookLocker.com,
a self-publishing services company that has been in business since 1998. Ask her anything.

ASK ANGELA!

Have YOU, too, received a bad book review that was all about you and not about your book at all? JOIN THE CLUB! In this episode, we share several real examples sent to us by authors who have been the victims of this type of vendetta online. We also share how you can respond to these personal attacks with maturity and class. And, by doing so, you can save your book sales! 

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You’ve finally gotten your book published! With pride similar to a new parent, you keep checking the various sales platforms, and watch the reviews start coming in.

Suddenly, a 1-STAR review comes in. Is someone is trashing your book? You read through the review to figure out what the person disliked about it. But, it doesn’t mention anything specific about your book at all. They didn’t even read it!

What’s worse than someone trashing your book without reading it? When a so-called “book reviewer” attacks you, personally, as an author. Instead of writing anything about the book, they criticize you, attack your character, and worse! It’s happening ALL OVER!!! In many instances, the authors knows exactly who posted the fake 1-star review!

 But, Amazon still won’t remove those fake 1-star reviews!

Welcome to the Wild West World of online book reviews in the current age! People have left the manners and morals at the door!!

In this episode, we explore the issues that accompany this feature of online mega-bookstores. We share real stories from authors who have had their books maligned by family members, ex-lovers, rival authors (yes, really!), disgruntled employees, neighbors, and, in some cases, online bots! Did you know there are businesses people can PAY to bombard someone else’s book listings with bad reviews?

It’s the Internet, folks – and almost anything goes. You need to listen to this episode to prepare yourself for what is out there, learn how to counter those fake 1-star reviews, and prevent your book sales from tanking.

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LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

• FRAUD ALERT: Why 5-Star Reviews on Trustpilot Can NOT Be Trusted – by James M. Walsh, Esq.
• A NEW WAVE OF SCAM EMAILS IS TARGETING AUTHORS! “My book club wants to review your book!!”
• Another New Scam Targeting Authors! “Your book isn’t optimized on Amazon. Let us help…”
• How to find the hidden “transparency” information about scammers on Facebook. Facebook recently moved this option…but we found it!
  1. Click on the scammer’s profile page on Amazon.
  2. At the top of that page, click on the scammer’s name, which is in a larger font than everything else.
  3. Click on “Transparency and Privacy Policy.”
  4. Page down a few times until you see this: People who manage this Page.”
  5. In many cases, you can see what country the company is really located in. However, know that some scammers have figured out how to bypass that, and make themselves appear to be in the U.S.
• EPISODE 32: Save Yourself THOUSANDS! Our Scam-Detection Process Explained Step-by-Step! – Learn how to identify an online publishing (or other!) scammer in less than 10 minutes!
• BOMBSHELL! Proof that Meta (Owner of Facebook) Knowingly and WILLINGLY Profited from Scam Ads…and Why!
• A FAKE “Celebrity” Tried to Romance Scam Me But He Messed with the Wrong Chick!
• 11 Ways to Know If a “Publisher” or Other Service Provider is an Overseas Scammer (You’ll probably only need to check #1 to prove it!)
• Get your book published by BookLocker, which is in its 27th year, and IS located in the U.S.!
• Do you think you might be getting scammed? CONTACT ANGELA RIGHT AWAY!
• Need AFFORDABLE legal advice? Contact James M. Walsh, Esq.