synopsis first, I mean who
wouldn’t. Then I went on to
see the reviews of those that
had already purchased this
book that was nice (or mean)
enough to let the world know
what they thought about it.
The first few reviews were
four and five star reviews.
Now, that, I could believe
because I’ve purchased
several books by this author
before and never is there a
dull moment when reading
them. Then I came across
several one-star reviews. I
couldn’t believe it. So of
course I read the reviews for
myself. If I were to be
completely honest with you,
if those review had been
posted before the other ones
were, it would have been that
I would have not want to
purchase the books after
reading such reviews.
results were astonishing.
Take a few minutes to read
some of the exerts of this
conversation:
Now I’m not saying that all
negative reviews are the work
of those that like to
discredit or discount
(sabotage) others work, or
that all goods reviews are
truthful and/or honest, but
what I am saying is that both
instances are happening more
so than we would like to
think. So that led me to ask
these questions: Are authors
cheating the readers or are
they being cheated? Are
authors deceiving the readers
or are they being deceived?
This inquiring mind wanted to
know, so I did a small case
study, which included two
writers and two readers. The
All:
(R1 and R2 stand for readers
1 and 2; A1 and A2 stand for
authors 1 and 2)
DM: Hello everyone, thanks
for participating in this
conversation. I have
assigned each of you a letter
and a number which will
correspond to your responses
and statements in the
upcoming article. I know
that three of you wanted your
actual names published but if
you want the world to know
who you are then you will
have to post it on your
facebook and twitter pages
because this column is going
to be anonymous. Are we all
clear?
Yes.
DM: Good. If any of your
lines should lose a signal or
if any of you should get
disconnected for any reason,
you know the access code,
just call and rejoin the
conversation. Are we good?
All:
Yes.
DM: Okay, so let’s get
started. I guess my first
question would be for the
authors: Have either of the
two of you felt or know of
your work being sabotaged in
any way, shape, fashion, or
form.
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