We were just alerted to the Horror Writer’s Association’s official letter to Jeff Bezos regarding the bullying and trolling happening on Amazon:
Well said, HWA! It’s not about ensuring positive reviews. It’s never been about that. It’s always been about protecting authors, and publishers, from bullying and abuse.
Jeff, if you’re listening, please do something about these bullies. It’s long overdue!
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Yeah, no sh*t that rule’s not “strictly enforced”. I’m glad that HWA’s getting involved, that’s always good news.
I think HWA’s letter is very reasonable in its assertions about what’s fair and what isn’t fair in reviews.
I don’t think Amazon will do anything about the trolls until it starts to hit their bottom line but I think eventually it will.