Recently, there was a big fuss
on Facebook
about an author being unable
to post reviews.
Most authors can’t post reviews.
There’s a reason for that.
Before this ‘rule’ came into being,
authors were leaving nasty, false reviews
for their competition.
One author would post
‘This is NOT A ROMANCE.’
as a review for my romance novels
on release day.
That killed sales.
When Amazon made this rule,
all of these nasty reviews
magically went away.
This author making a fuss,
however, didn’t understand WHY
the rule existed.
She simply wanted it gone.
She didn’t understand
why other writers
weren’t supporting her.
Before changing the rules,
understand why
the rules existed in the first place.