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I just sent you a PM and also posted on FB.

sending PM right now and posting on your facebook

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soyouliketoread said:

2. I charge 5.00 plus the cost of your book for a review.
*The review therefore will be Amazon purchase verified.
*It will post to Amazon and all my sites.

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I'm afraid this is against Amazon policy.

Amazon won't be happy with you.

I feel the urge to offer a review to anyone who shows proof they download a free copy of Iron Bloom. No need to even pay or give a review back in return! Just copy and paste the receipt into an PM to me and...

Not serious (or am I..?)

soyouliketoread said:

<snip loads of excuses/rationalization>

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Paid reviews are, flat out, not OK.

The most anyone can do is gift you the price of the book, and not a penny more. You would then have to buy the book with that money. THAT would be acceptable, because what is happening is you are getting the book from the author. However the honest thing to do at that point is to disclose that you were given a promotional copy for review purposes.

See, you need to be on the up and up.

What you're saying here isn't.

glutton said:

I feel the urge to offer a review to anyone who shows proof they download a free copy of Iron Bloom. No need to even pay or give a review back in return! Just copy and paste the receipt into an PM to me and...

Not serious (or am I..?)

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I was on my way to download it before I got confused and lost on facebook.

soyouliketoread said:

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All terms of service are met, and no rules are being broken.

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Except they aren't. It's against policy to accept compensation other than the book itself in return for a review. I don't meant to have a go at you, mostly, but you should be aware that you are indeed being naughty.

Mathew Reuther said:

I was on my way to download it before I got confused and lost on facebook.

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You're supposed to download it from Piratebay...

glutton said:

You're supposed to download it from Piratebay...

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Facebook looks a lot like piratebay when you're tired. :?

Just for funzies ... this is 1/85th the cost of a Kirkus review!!! 

Yes, and Dalya brings up a good point. You CAN charge for editorial reviews.

So if someone REALLY wants to pay you for a review that they can paste into their editorial reviews section, that's legit.

Dalya said:

Just for funzies ... this is 1/85th the cost of a Kirkus review!!!

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But on fiverr, you can get 85 reviews for the price of a Kirkus AND they're guaranteed to be 5 stars!

$5 is compensation. $0.05 is compensation.

Money changes hands, and it cannot be posted as a user review.

soyouliketoread said:

well I should put this differently . maybe if they purchase an ad for 4 days then I would just buy the book and give them a review . but to let you know 5 dollars is definitely not compensation . with Pay Pal fees site fees and so forth I don't make anything .

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Nope. If someone hands you two quarters and a mango in exchange for reviewing the book, it's compensation. Not only is it still against Amazon policy, but the FTC requires you disclose that in your review. It doesn't matter if that money goes back into your website, etc.

I offer a valuable service to authors .

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Nope.

Also what Mathew said.

glutton said:

I feel the urge to offer a review to anyone who shows proof they download a free copy of Iron Bloom. No need to even pay or give a review back in return! Just copy and paste the receipt into an PM to me and...

Not serious (or am I..?)

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Lol! I just bought it on Amazon, not for a review, but because you gave me a genuine laugh right there. I was worried your heroines were too hardcore for me but I think I'll get along with Rose just fine.

Edited to add: I do realize it's free. I wanted to buy it.

Ok, Just wanted to update. I am doing free reviews. I will try to get 2 done per week.
Thanks for the great response to those who have contacted me.
If you havent yet, please like my page www.facebook.com/soyouliketoread
also visit us on the web www.soyouliketoread.com
We gladly support the independent authors!

(Just to clarify- I hope there was no misunderstanding here, i enjoy being here on kindleboards,
in face everyone who has contacted me from kindleboards has enjoyed free ads.)

PS, I purchased 14 books this week. My book club will be awful busy for a few days

Good luck everyone. And keep those minds as sharp as the pencil.

robin_hart said:

Lol! I just bought it on Amazon, not for a review, but because you gave me a genuine laugh right there. I was worried your heroines were too hardcore for me but I think I'll get along with Rose just fine.

Edited to add: I do realize it's free. I wanted to buy it.

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Cool, hope you enjoy!

And yeah, The Rosy One actually doesn't have a very hardcore personality except she's fighting.