EPISODE 34: When Fake 1-Star “Book Reviews” Are Actually Character Assassinations of Authors

Have you, too, received a 1-star review that criticizes YOU, but mentions nothing about your book? You’re not alone!

Have you, too, received a 1-star review that criticizes YOU, but mentions nothing about your book? You’re not alone!

Spamming authors and name-dropping best sellers are just two red flags!

The Online Book Club is giving me a strong sales pitch…

If you possess the gift of words and storytelling, why not harness it to generate income using TikTok?

A good idea but…will authors actually make money from this?

Self-published books look just like traditionally published ones. The difference is in the text inside.

Do YOU think this author’s friend really purchased his book?

“How can one book on preorder get reviews and another not?”

Marketing mistakes are time and money wasters!

I have several screenshots of drawings from the book that are so offensive that I can’t post them here. If you want to see them, let me know and I’ll send them to you via email. What you didn’t get to see in the comments under my article were the supportive emails I received from people who were too afraid to post comments (because they were afraid of the cancel culture mob). I also received several emails that were very disturbing…