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CJ Simone

@CJSimone333

Author (adult/upper YA) https://t.co/I3gWqLp5LO

USA, East Coast Katılım Temmuz 2017
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CJ Simone
CJ Simone@CJSimone333·
It's #mentalhealth awareness month & I've got a rare thriller series featuring an MC w/ bipolar disorder. You can start w/ THE MANIC MISSION or jump into the standalone series later. 🔗in B I O A couple other authors to read for MH month: @CollingsMaccrae & @SamKhalefa
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Mickey Black
Mickey Black@mickeyblackpens·
Ahh! She’s on Goodreads! If you want, you should totally mark as want to read. 🥰
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CJ Simone@CJSimone333·
@DanNEO_SS 1) I'm not sure I can decipher what's honest when the reviews can be so contradictory (same as agent/publisher feedback). 2) Maturity is overrated. Sometimes immature people entertain me, dating back to my youth, loving class clowns. 3) It depends what day you catch me on.🙂
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DanNeo S.S. ✮ 𓂃🖊
Are you ready to face an honest review with the maturity and ethics expected of a professional author? I’m asking this as a reader.
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Timothy Robare, Author
Timothy Robare, Author@AuthorTRobare·
I grew up in a house without books. No one ever read to me. I was born unable to hear and went through 11 years of speech therapy after surgeries. My mom didn't graduate high school. I didn't have my dad. I got a college degree and write books. It is pretty crazy sometimes.
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Sara 🌹Kjeldsen
Sara 🌹Kjeldsen@Sara_Flower·
#bookreview for Planet Of Diamonds by @JDaltonAuthor This was a fun Sci-fi story about a mission to help a Stone Age civilization from being ended. The friendships in this story are great and there’s a mix of adventure & romance. a.co/d/03HVRd3K
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Timothy Robare, Author
Timothy Robare, Author@AuthorTRobare·
7 days to get 4 more pre-orders. Very possible. I believe 🙏
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J.W. Gant
J.W. Gant@JohnWGant·
@CJSimone333 @AuthorGoodwin Then, don't spend all that money on the project, or, don't come on social media to complain about how much you've spent. I do all of the above, on my own, without paying anyone to help. Try it. And then you won't have expenses to complain about.
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Charlotte Goodwin 🇬🇧📚🪖
I made the mistake of adding up how much I've spent on editors, covers, websites, marketing, subscriptions... Bad idea. Very bad idea. 😭
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CJ Simone@CJSimone333·
@JohnWGant @AuthorGoodwin But the choices aren't only "get paid" or "a vanity project." It can also be that you have stories worthwhile to offer, enjoyed by many, even if you bear the cost.
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J.W. Gant
J.W. Gant@JohnWGant·
@AuthorGoodwin But, was it? That path does not pay (except rarely). Rather, it is a vanity project.
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Shane Donovan
Shane Donovan@SDDonovan·
I don't have much to say today except I hope you're having an awesome day!
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CJ Simone
CJ Simone@CJSimone333·
With AI labeling the genre, it helps to put genre in subtitles. W/ the couple I did, they got it right. THE MANIC MOON is a mafia thriller & differs from mafia romance - 1) a male protagonist; 2) 3 POVs; 3) no glamorization of the mob; 4) more thrills & family drama than romance
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CJ Simone@CJSimone333·
A few things that seem to make the Zon bots target ratings: 1) Lots of 5 stars (yep, legit enthusiastic readers can hurt us) 2) Freebie ratings (doesn't matter that it's THEIR OWN free promo they offer) 3) Too many ratings coming close together (ARCs, promo times) #BotsSuck
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CJ Simone@CJSimone333·
@VioletLave5799 It's widespread, not specific to mine, though it seems once they target yours, they continue to. Some things bias the bots, like freebie ratings, even though it's their own free promo. I've never heard of it getting better when they're contacted. They only care about big names.
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Violet Lavender
Violet Lavender@VioletLave5799·
@CJSimone333 How does it benefit Amazon to remove your ratings? Aren’t you paid by pages read and sales? I would screenshot my reviews and then contact customer service.
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CJ Simone@CJSimone333·
If the bots little by little take away my legit ratings, will my books eventually end up at zero ratings? I NEVER pay for them & have very few from fellow authors. But every few days, they take one. Really, if they take away more than I get, all my books will be end up at zero.
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J.R. Montarbo
J.R. Montarbo@JRMontarbo·
Thank you @ronanbeckman for this wonderful review! I woke up to this—what a great way to start the day! 😀🙌
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CJ Simone@CJSimone333·
@NoInsaneRants Now that it's controlled by AI, the bots can take away our ratings/reviews. They're biased against positive ratings, their own free promo ratings, etc.
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CJ Simone@CJSimone333·
@RealHeatherOB Yes, it's always the good ones they take!!🥲Like they don't believe people can like our books or something. Then using pretend math, they inflate the percentages or our low ratings (a single 2-star was forever 4% of my total according to them when real % I got was 1.75%).
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Heather O'Brien✍️
Heather O'Brien✍️@RealHeatherOB·
Reviews are becoming highly unreliable, because Amazon and others will remove legitimate ones for arbitrary reasons, yet leave up "review bombs." It's becoming a joke, frankly - though it's anything but funny. I've protested bad reviews intentionally made by people who decide they don't like something I've said online. Yet two are still up. I can't get them removed. Now, it would be preferable to have so many legit reviews that the review bombs didn't matter. But then we get back to the arbitrary removal of some of those. It's a neverending cycle.
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CJ Simone@CJSimone333·
@SDDonovan They steal them every few days. The Manic Mission, for example, would have over 100, as it does on goodreads, but it's currently at 85.
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CJ Simone@CJSimone333·
@JRLarriba Often, yes. I don't always know which ones are gone, especially on the books that have too many to pinpoint. A weird one recently was a no-review rating they took. I regularly give my books away through their own promo days, but the bots are biased against free book ratings.
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J.R. Larriba
J.R. Larriba@JRLarriba·
@CJSimone333 That is the weirdest thing I've ever heard. Are they verified customer reviews?
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