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Debbie's Spurts

Just an avid reader. Mostly SF/Fantasy, some hobbies, paranormal, urban fantasy and lighter, fluffier things.

 

Currently reading

Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking
Samin Nosrat, Wendy MacNaughton
Bring Me Their Hearts
Sara Wolf
House of Earth and Blood
Sarah J. Maas
A Selection of Designs inspired by Iznik & Delft Pottery in Cross Stitch: 16 stunning floral cross stitch designs
Durene Jones
Ain't Love a Witch?
Dakota Cassidy
Progress: 1 %
The Old Witcheroo
Dakota Cassidy
Gemina (The Illuminae Files)
Jay Kristoff, Amie Kaufman
Progress: 100 %
The Dragonbone Chair
Tad Williams
Progress: 14 %

Favorite Book Quotes


"Never interrupt your enemy while he is making a mistake"— Lois McMaster Bujold

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amazon now supports authors uploading books not ready to publish?

Okay, that's a facetious and even slightly misleading headline.

 

But, amazon's new review display algorithm will show reviews of later editions of a book first.

 

Which feeds right into some author practices and tantrums I don't like.  Like encouraging rough drafts, outlines and slushpile offerings to be uploaded undisclosed in expectations of profits that will fund the publishing of your final version.  Customers are supposed to be buying products on amazon, not funding kickstarter/fundraiser programs.

 

Practices like encouraging authors to think it's okay to attack reviewers for reviewing an older edition even if that was edition read, or the idiots who think they will get a better review if they can force you to re-read their book (seriously, if I don't like it the first time I don't want to read it again plus if I already know what happens it will be a boring book getting an even lower rating because I was bored...).

 

Makes better sense to me for amazon if concerned with reputation for being gamed and having low quality books to leave honest reviews in place and even tout them as being a form of quality control over the uploads.

 

Admittedly, I unabashedly only review the edition I read and have zero interest in re-reading if a revision gets published.  I'm also of a generation that finds it extraordinarily odd when a novel continually gets new editions/revisions.  Unlike non-fiction, those revisions are not likely because of new finds in the field of study.  

 

When politely pointed out, the most I'll do is note "review is of an older edition" (while mentally thinking that should be a big red flag for other readers anyway because why would a published book have new editions unless some major anniversary release that was so seminal in its genre it kept getting re-released over the years).