Alesian, the difference between Bookplex or Kirkus as against Fiverr is that Bookplex and Kirkus follow strict ethical rules. They have enough clients to ensure that nothing affects their business even if couple of authors leave them just because the reviews were negative.

On the other hand, at least 90% people on Fiverr were openly selling 5 star reviews irrespective of the content of your book.

Diane, there is that school of thought that believes that what you don’t know can’t hurt you….

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Sandy

I did. And they have the same right to vote as you and me.

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Sandy

The issue of reviews has long legs and interesting twists and turns. Did you see this story about Sandy Hook Truthers who use negatives reviews to trash book by Sandy Hooks mom? They believe the whole event was a hoax. http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/11/01/1443250/-Truthers-savage-Sandy-Hook-Mom-s-book-and-get-trashed-by-Amazon-commenters

Ah…now I understand! So the message is don’t log in to sites using your Facebook or Twitter accounts so you keep church and state separate, so to speak. Keep spreading the word!

Thank you!

Sandy

Once you use the link after purchasing something at Amazon to post to your facebook (“TELL YOUR FRIENDS WHAT YOU JUST BOUGHT”), they have access. Also, if you have Amazon as a “liked” page on your facebook, they can see what you post as well. Be very very cautious about linking ANYTHING together. Convenience be damned, because you are really putting your whole life in their hands, in many ways, when you link these things.

Hi Sandra. Sorry to respond so late, but my spam filter ate the notification of these comments!

On many pages, you can “sign in” using your facebook account instead of creating a new account. This is true on Goodreads, many news sites, Thunderclap, and many others. It’s sort of “here, look how convenient, just use your facebook credentials to login, and we’ll remember you forever!” No bueno! And on Amazon, if you buy something, you can then click the little link to post to your Twitter or Facebook, and you will be asked to give your credentials and guess what…Twitter and Amazon never forget! Suddenly, they have ALL NEW WAYS to see who you are interacting with and what sites you’re visiting and oh my goodness, can’t you just see Amazon rubbing their hands together and laughing maniacally at all the new information they have on you? Never ever will I link my facebook to anything. Too much information is shared there, and I don’t need it bleeding over to sites that want to make money.