A couple of weeks ago, Amazon.com prevented me from posting a book review because I hadn’t purchased $50.00 worth of products (I’m not sure if this just means books or other things) from them. Fair enough. It’s their rules and I have no issue with that. Amazon’s been battling with fake reviews, paid reviews, and writers’ trading positive reviews for years, so I guess they’re clamping down and attempting to improve credibility.
By the way, see Anne Allen’s insightful blog about a host of other Amazon measures to clamp down on other types of cheating. Unfortunately, innocent authors are getting caught in the net, and Anne explains it clearly HERE:
Usually, I buy ebooks because they are cheaper and delivered instantly. As a Canadian, I would pay 30% more for a paperback from amazon.com. But what frustrates me and many other Canadian authors is that because I have a Canadian account, I’m not allowed to buy ebooks on amazon.com either. In other words, their restrictions (we’re not allowed to even gift books on amazon.ca) won’t let me abide by their reviewing rules. Needless to say, I’ll be sticking with amazon.ca and Goodreads, and might even start posting reviews here on my blog.
As an author, I might have an even harder time getting reviews on .com from Canadian reviewers, but I’ll keep trying! In fact, I am indeed looking for reviewers from any country for my 5th Casey Holland mystery, Knock Knock, published in Nov. 2017. If anyone’s interested, please let me know at debra_kong@telus.net. Here’s a short blurb:
A series of violent home invasions is terrorizing Vancouver seniors. When the latest invasion kills Elsie Englehart, security officer Casey Holland is devastated. Determined to protect other seniors on her watch, Casey escorts an elderly man home only to find herself ambushed by a knife-wielding assailant. Healing from serious injuries, Casey struggles to regain control of her life. She needs to get back on the job and finish preparations for her upcoming wedding before everything falls apart and more people die.
The back cover blurb is posted on the home page of my website at www.debrapurdykong.com
I can send an epub. PDF, or mobi version. Thanks!
Mystery Deb 
I am finding this frustrating too. I am happy to review your book on Amazon.ca. I thought they shared the reviews or has that changed too
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Thank you, Darlene. I think they share them as well, but I always post on .ca myself. Now I’m glad it’s a habit I got into. Let me know if which version you’d prefer. I think I have your darlene.foster email. Would that be the correct one?
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That is so frustrating! I never knew any of this because I only review books on goodreads and my blog. Definitely won’t even attempt to do so seeing they won’t even let you purchase from them — ridiculous. Keep me in mind if you can’t find enough reviews.
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Thanks, Mallee. I will 🙂
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