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By David Rothman

image Now it’s absolutely certain. You can put your book title in a review of another book that you write for Amazon. The company has even apologized to author Cheryl Tardif and said that the earlier zaps of her reviews were due to a misunderstanding. Way to go, Amazon! See Cheryl’s just-posted TeleRead comment and her Write Type notice.

One of the titles she was promoting in her sig line? Divine Intervention. Somehow, in this case, it happened. Meanwhile here are some of her friendly suggestions for Amazon:

  1. “Amazon should not delete reviews without first notifying the person who has written them and explaining clearly WHY this is happening.
  2. The writer of the review should have an opportunity to edit the review accordingly.
  3. The Review Guidelines need to be updated to include: Authors who write reviews can not mention their own book titles nor use the product link to mention their books.
  4. A mass email needs to be sent to every Amazon member, with a headline directed to authors so that most will read it—something like: If you’re an author and you write reviews here, please read!”
 
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