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Rev. Loretta F. Moody, M.Div. Recognized by Strathmore's Who's Who Worldwide Publication
Rev. Loretta F. Moody, M.Div. of Oakland, California has been included in the Strathmore's Who's Who Worldwide Edition for her outstanding contributions and achievements in the religious field. About Rev. Loretta F. Moody, M.Div. Rev. Moody has 39 years experience in the field of religion. - July 17, 2015 - Strathmore Worldwide
Cynthia Silorio, NP, Cosmetic Dermatology Specialist Joins the Gladstone Clinic in San Ramon
Cynthia Silorio, NP, an experienced nurse practitioner in the East Bay for the past decade is joining the Gladstone Clinic in San Ramon. Cynthia specializes in cosmetic injectables and lasers. - July 13, 2015 - Gladstone Clinic
Teen Mothers Defying the Odds
Seven teen mothers received college scholarships at an event held in Menlo Park earlier this spring. The keynote address was delivered by Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge and former teen mom Teresa Guerrero-Daley. Judge Guerrero-Daley shared her own remarkable story from teen mom and high school dropout to being the first Latina elected to the Santa Clara County Superior Court. - June 18, 2015 - Teen Success
2015 Alameda Summer Art Fair June 21st
Come to the first annual Alameda Summer Art Fair hosted by Studio 23 and Alameda Artists. See live art demonstrations from over 20 painters, sculptors, illustrators and more. Fun for all ages! Tons of giveaways and activities. - June 04, 2015 - Studio 23
3P Learning to Debut the Latest 3D Middle School Science Resource: IntoScience in San Francisco Wednesday, May 20
The team behind the highly successful and effective K-12 math resource, Mathletics, is excited to announce the release of IntoScience for Grades 6, 7 & 8 across 137 schools in the Bay Area on Wednesday May 20. Created specifically for the needs of Middle School science students, IntoScience helps... - May 19, 2015 - 3P Learning
Giant Step Youth Program Seeking Event Sponsors for Hole in One Contest
$10,000 prize money for first registered "Hole In One" from Par 3. - May 11, 2015 - eMediaCampaigns!
Novato and Sonoma based SolarCraft announced the completion of a 106.3 kW solar electric panel system at Napa Valley Hospice and Adult Day Services (NVHADS) in Napa, CA. They are now generating their own power from the sun and saving thousands in utility costs each year. More importantly, with that savings they are able to provide more services to the community. - May 05, 2015 - SolarCraft
Adant's STAR Smart Antenna System Selected by ZyXEL for Its Newest Enterprise-Class 802.11ac Access Point (WAC6500 Series)
ADANT Technologies Inc., the industry leader in smart antenna technology, today announced that its high performance STARV1 internal antennas are part of ZyXEL's next generation WAC6503D-S and WAC6502D-S 3x3 and 2x2 802.11ac Wi-Fi Dual-Band Enterprise Class Access Points. - April 24, 2015 - Adant Technologies Inc.
Multicultural Youth Creating Power in STEM Industries
Multicultural youth creating next generation of leaders leveraging STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering Arts & Math) industries. Dramatic increases in diversity planned for Fortune 500, Tech 500 and global corporations. - March 11, 2015 - Global Access Group
Freeze Your Eggs and Delay Fertility
Egg freezing is an exciting new option for many women who have chosen to delay fertility due to career building, partner status or other reasons. - March 07, 2015 - Great Possibilities Egg Freezing & Fertility Agency
Rev. Loretta F. Moody, M.Div. of Oakland, California has been included in the Strathmore's Who's Who Worldwide Edition for her outstanding contributions and achievements in the religious field. About Rev. Loretta F. Moody, M.Div. Rev. Moody has 39 years experience in the field of religion. - February 25, 2015 - Strathmore Worldwide
Fix Auto Announces Charlie Rich to Management Team
Fix Auto USA team is welcoming a new member to their management team. - February 18, 2015 - Fix Auto USA
LUZ Sponsors DA4S West Conference
Woman-owned life science translation company continues support of Diversity Alliance for Science event. - February 16, 2015 - LUZ, Inc.
Burn Expands Presence in San Francisco Bay Area with New Studios
Popular Fitness Studio Opens Fourth Location in San Francisco with Plans to Expand to Oakland and Saratoga in Early 2015. - February 11, 2015 - Burn
DYL Now Offers Auto X-Dates for Auto Insurance Agents
DYL, the Cloud-based business phone system with Sales Automation, announces the release of X-Dates for the Auto Insurance industry. - January 20, 2015 - DYL
DYL Announces SMS Texting Features
DYL, a Cloud-based phone system with Sales Automation, announces new features that allows SMS texting in groups, onversations and reminders. - January 20, 2015 - DYL
Click4Advisor Launches Android and iPhone App for Advisors and Users
The mobile app for iPhone and Android devices provides convenience for Users to contact their favorite Advisors instantly through their mobile devices. - January 06, 2015 - SPG Solutions Inc dba Click4Advisor
Webinar: Agile Software Development and the Advantages of Distributed Version Control Systems
A technical webinar for software development leaders considering Git and Mercurial to speed project completion. These distributed version control systems offer significant productivity and cost savings advantages over traditional, centralized code management systems. - December 09, 2014 - RhodeCode
Eternal Press & Damnation Books Release New December 2014 Titles
Damnation Books and Eternal Press are closing out the year 2014 with releases from both houses. The owners, William Gilchrist and Kim Richards Gilchrist have continued to provide readers with quality, affordable fiction. Damnation Books and Eternal Press now have autographed copies of various paperback... - November 30, 2014 - Caliburn Press LLC
Rev. Loretta F. Moody, M.Div. of Oakland, California has been included in the Strathmore's Who's Who Worldwide Edition for her outstanding contributions and achievements in the religious field. About Rev. Loretta F. Moody, M.Div. Rev. Moody has 39 years experience in the field of religion. - November 19, 2014 - Strathmore Worldwide
Gaw | Poe LLP Prevents MedeAnalytics, Inc. from Shutting Down Business Operations of Stella Systems, LLC
Gaw | Poe LLP client Stella Systems prevails on Motion for Preliminary Injunction filed by MedeAnalytics seeking to compel Stella to surrender its computer equipment. - November 12, 2014 - Gaw | Poe LLP
The Fencing Center is on the Move - New Location at 1290 S 1st Street, San Jose
San Jose's oldest and most prestigious fencing club is quadrupling in size and moving back to First Street just south of downtown. The new location is a former furniture store's 15,400 square feet at 1290 S. First Street. Grand opening party Nov 8, 2014 (10 am to 3 pm). All are invited. - November 07, 2014 - The Fencing Center
Click4Advisor Launches iPhone App for Advice Service Industry
iPhone App provides convenience for Users to contact their favorite Advisors instantly through their Apple mobile devices. - October 31, 2014 - SPG Solutions Inc dba Click4Advisor
Hayes B, Gladstone, MD, Prominent Dermatologic Surgeon Joins California Skin Institute
Dr Hayes B. Gladstone, a nationally prominent dermatologic surgeon joins the California Skin Institute. He will be seeing patients at CSI's Mountain View office. Dr Gladstone specializes in skin cancer, mohs surgery, reconstruction, laser and cosemtic surgery. - October 20, 2014 - California Skin Institute
TraX Creating 100,000 Positive Retail Actions in All US Stores
Applicant for Chase's Mission Main St. Grant Completion for $150,000. TraX, is an award-winning mobile rewards platform for positive actions in retail, and has already collected 20% of the votes needed for the Chase Mission Main St. competition. The SF Bay Area company, is committed to retail disposable waste reduction in retail stores, and shopper engagement driven by consumer values via social sharing! - October 04, 2014 - TraX
Little Change in Alcohol Related Fatalities in Last 13 Years
Millions Spent on Advertising with Slight or No Results. - August 26, 2014 - AC3
DigitalTangible Changes Online Gold Investing with New Distributed Custodian Network
DigitalTangible has partnered with leading gold dealers and precious metals depositories to launch the world's first provably-linked physical gold coins attached to the Bitcoin Blockchain, creating both a new and growing global market for gold bullion accessible via Bitcoin or cash and a new form... - August 15, 2014 - DigitalTangible
Integrative Psychiatrists Richard P. Brown and Patricia Gerbarg Teach Unique Interactive Online Breath~Body~Mind Webinar for Stress Reduction August 16-17, 2014
An opportunity for healthcare practitioners and the public to learn how to balance the stress response system, release tension, recover from trauma, and quiet the mind with practices based on research with positive outcomes. - August 13, 2014 - Drs. Richard Brown and Patricia Gerbarg
Tech Savvy, Information Technology Teacher Judy Long Unveils New Website Design Company, Bull On Clicks to Help Businesses Achieve Greater Success
Judy Long, owner of new IT company Bull On Clicks creates custom designed websites for clients worldwide. Her goal is to transfer raw ideas into compelling websites with clear, detailed information which can be admired by professionals of all industries. While the tech industry is still a largely male-dominated... - July 22, 2014 - Bull On Clicks
N2L Records Announces the Release of a New Album by Mighty Men of Faith
Mighty Men of Faith CD Nothing But Grace speaks to God's Love, Grace, and Mercy - July 18, 2014 - N2L Records
Former Military Headquarters Now an Attractive Real Estate Investment
Multi-tenant office building, once part of the Benicia Arsenal, solicits bids in online real estate auction. - June 20, 2014 - Freedom Realty Exchange
Lucky Dog Hot Sauce Launches Kickstarter Campaign
Self-funded start-up Lucky Dog Hot Sauce releases their new Día del Perro sauce exclusively through Kickstarter! - June 17, 2014 - Lucky Dog Hot Sauce
Alicanto's Automated SMB Marketing Tool Forges Alliances; Joint Marketing Campaigns Help Business Owners Attract More Customers
Alicanto, an automated online marketing tool, helps small-to-medium-sized businesses (SMBs) join forces with nearby merchants to produce professional joint marketing campaigns. The unique marketing tool is designed to assist merchants in pooling resources and teaming up to produce highly targeted marketing... - June 17, 2014 - Alicanto
Coin Congress Takes on the State of Digital Currency - Inaugural Bay Area Event to be Held in Conjunction with Casual Connect USA
Hot on the heels of its successful Singapore launch, Coin Congress, an international conference series sparking discussion around the state of digital currency, will hold its first San Francisco event this July 23-24 at the Hilton Hotel Union Square. - June 10, 2014 - Casual Games Association
Datarecovery.com Warns Computer Users to Back Up Tax Information
The April 15th federal tax deadline is rapidly approaching, and experts believe that data loss will seriously complicate the filing process for thousands of electronic returns. - April 11, 2014 - Datarecovery.com, Inc.
2014 Northern California Cherry Blossom Festival
The 2014 Northern California Cherry Blossom Festival will highlight Japanese American culture and foods. - April 08, 2014 - Sakura Matsuri Inc.
Fright Fight™ Launches on iTunes and Google Play App Stores
Fright Fight, a 3D Online Multiplayer Brawler has launched on the iTunes and Google Play App Stores. - February 19, 2014 - APPSolute Games LLC
Leland Saylor and Sierra West Consulting Group, Inc. Reach a Settlement, Affirming Leland Saylor's Ownership and Exclusive Rights to SAYLOR Trademark
Leland Saylor, a leading construction consulting expert known for the Saylor cost publications, announced today that he has reached a settlement with defendants Sierra West Consulting Group, Inc., formerly known as Sierra West LLC, Saylor Publications, Inc. and Mary Wallers (collectively "Sierra... - January 15, 2014 - Leland Saylor
A Tropical Winter Night in San Rafael
Tropical Winter Night in San Rafael is a benefit sponsored Bay Area Cuba Community Alliance (BACCA) and Rotary Club of Marin Sunrise to raise funds for a potable water works project in rural communities in southeastern Cuba. There will be live Cuban Music and an authentic Cuban dinner, as well as a silent auction including art works by local Cuban artists and local services. - January 07, 2014 - BACCA Group
DataRecovery.com Warns That SSD Does Not Provide Perfect Protection
Datarecovery.com, a world leader in professional hard drive data recovery, warns that solid-state drives do not provide complete protection against data loss. In recent years, many personal computer users have moved from hard drives to solid-state drives in order to benefit from the new technology's... - December 31, 2013 - Datarecovery.com, Inc.
Amac Software Announces New Year 50% Discount Offer for Amac Keylogger for Mac OS X
Amac Keylogger for Mac, which records keystrokes, passwords, websites, IM chats, takes screenshots and sends logs to email, now is on 50%-off special sale. - December 26, 2013 - Amac Software
Still Time to Order "Dear God, Got A Minute?" by Claireifications and Get a 20 Percent Rebate
As the 2014 congressional elections approach, there is no doubt that far right religious extremists will once again make religion, sin and moral values a major part of their platform, according to Claire Morris Dobie, author of "Dear God, Got A Minute?" This is a book that every member of congress should read to understand how Americans truly feel about America's religious views. - December 22, 2013 - claireifications
International Toy Museum Hires Executive Director
The International Toy Museum is launching, announces appointment of Executive Director. Intention is to create world-class museum of children's playthings. Bay area institution will focus on toys through the ages, for boys and girls. - December 06, 2013 - International Toy Museum
Russ Lorenson Celebrates Eight Years of "Christmas in San Francisco"
Crooner Russ Lorenson is back making merry for his 8th Annual Christmas in San Francisco, with his special guests, Wesla Whitfield, Mike Greensill and Veronica Klaus. An annual Bay Area holiday tradition, there's something for everyone in this evening of jingle jazz as Russ and his pals celebrate a swingin' Christmas, San Francisco style! - November 01, 2013 - RL Productions
Lightning Nominated Race Engine of the Year
Lightning made history at the 91st Pikes Peak International Hill Climb this June winning against the world's best motorcycles. Lightning won first place overall and over 20 seconds faster than the closest world-class gas-powered motorcycle. With this accomplishment, Lightning was nominated by Race Engine... - October 31, 2013 - Lightning Motorcycle
"Room to Breathe," a Documentary About Mindfulness in Schools, to Broadcast on PBS World Channel
"Room to Breathe," a documentary film exploring the benefits of mindfulness in the classroom, will broadcast nationally on PBS World Channel starting October 30, 2013 at 7 PM ET, with rebroadcasts through November 6, 2013. A growing body of research is showing that social and emotional learning... - October 28, 2013 - Room to Breathe
Diamond Mind Simulations Still Project Dodgers, Pirates, Red Sox, and Tigers to Advance
Imagine Sports utilized its Diamond Mind Baseball simulation software to project the results of Major League Baseball's League Divisional Series. Simulations prior to the playoffs showed the Dodgers and Red Sox as heavy favorites. The other two series were toss-ups, with the Tigers and Pirates as slight favorites. The company re-ran the simulations today, and the likely winners of each series have not changed, though the odds have improved for three of the favorites. - October 05, 2013 - Imagine Sports, Inc.
Build It Green Joins Groundbreaking ABC Green Home Project as Certification Partner
Partnership will inspire builders to take green home designs to a new level. - September 26, 2013 - Build It Green
Occupy USA, a New iPad Photo Book from FotoEvidence
142 Color Photographs from Occupy Wall Street encampments across the USA from New York to Honolulu, including Oakland, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle, Berkeley, UC Davis, Sacramento, Davis, Sebastopol and Vacaville. - September 08, 2013 - Vance Petrunoff Photography
Oakland's Dragonboat Racing Festival is Set to Paddle It Out on August 10
Oakland Renegades to host the 2-day race to determine who will be representing the United States from this region at the 2014 International Dragonboat World Championships in Italy. - August 09, 2013 - Oakland Renegades
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Audacy Promotes Greg Solk to Vice President of Programming and Operations for Chicago Market
Audacy has promoted Greg Solk to Vice President of Programming and Operations for its Chicago market, effective August 1. In this role, Solk will oversee programming and operations strategy for 93XRT (WXRT-FM), 104.3 JAMS (WBMX-FM), US99 (WUSN-FM), WBBM Newsradio (WBBM-AM/WCFS-FM), 670 The Score (WSCR-AM) and B96 (WBBM-FM). Solk had previously served as Brand Manager of 93XRT since 2017.
"Greg has been an invaluable partner who is respected and appreciated by his team at WXRT, across Audacy, and throughout the industry," said Rachel Williamson, Regional President and Market Manager, Audacy Chicago. "He has been influential in the success of many of the biggest brands across Chicago and I could not be more excited to promote him into this enhanced role overseeing our Chicago programming strategy."
"The past four and a half years at WXRT have been among the most rewarding of my career — especially the opportunity to work alongside legendary talents," said Solk. "Along with so many others behind the scenes, this team returned WXRT to the top echelon of our great city's broadcast properties. Now, I look forward to continuing to work with Rachel and our group's superb brand/programming leaders. Together we will do our best to continue enlightening, entertaining and delighting the millions we serve on our airwaves and through our growing digital channels."
Solk began his programming career in 1983 at The Loop (WLUP-FM) in Chicago at the age of 21. He took on additional responsibilities with the creation and programming oversight of the ground breaking Comedy/Talk WLUP-AM 1000 in the Spring of 1986. In 1992, Solk headed to San Francisco to program AAA KFOG and then returned to Chicago two years later to create and launch Sports Radio 1000, WMVP. In 1997, Solk joined Bonneville Broadcasting first to program Chicago properties, including the creation of The Drive, and then went on to become Senior Vice President of Programming for Bonneville in 2005, overseeing 32 stations in nine markets. When a portion of Bonneville was sold to Hubbard Broadcasting in 2011, Solk took on Senior Vice President of Programming for the company's seven markets and remained until 2016. In February of 2017 Solk joined then CBS Radio as Program Director and Operations Manager of 93XRT and WJMK (now sister station 104.3 Jams).
The station will conduct an immediate search for Solk's replacement as Brand Manager for 93XRT.
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Stream 'Game of Thrones' Compilation Album Featuring Travis Scott, A$AP Rocky and More
By Emily Martinez On 26 April 2019
Earlier this month, fans all across the world gathered for the hugely anticipated official return of Winter, as Game of Thrones came back for Season 8.
Today (April 26), to heighten the show's final season, Columbia Records and HBO have released For the Throne, a compilation album filled with music inspired by the cultural phenomenon of a show. Before the album even arrived, over 250,000 users created their own GoT-inspired playlists according to Spotify.
The 14-track album spans across a wide range of genres, including rap, rock, R&B, pop, and even a track sung entirely in Spanish ("Me Traicionaste" by Rosalía and A CHAL). Hip-hop and R&B are well-represented on the project, with features from Travis Scott, A$AP Rocky, Ty Dolla $ign, SZA, The Weeknd, Joey Bada$$, and the late Lil Peep.
The first taste of the project came with "Power Is Power" by SZA, The Weeknd and Travis Scott, which has already amassed over 12 million Spotify plays since its release earlier this month (April 18). More recently, Florence and The Machine debuted a new song during the closing credits of last week's episode.
GoT lovers can order For the Throne vinyl records, featuring variant cover art options with every house's crest from Lannister to Stark, and Targaryen. There is also a limited-edition split-colored fire and ice vinyl available. Vinyl records are expected to ship in late July.
Listen to For The Throne below.
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Friends have been notifying me of changes in the Amazon review policy. "Are they trying to eliminate indies?" a worried friend asked me.
Before I go into details, let me first explain the problem from Amazon's point of view. As the Economist points out in a recent article, fake reviews are a big problem for websites that claim to be an impartial resource.
"I will post an awesome review on your amazon product," bess98 declared on Fiverr. On October 16th Amazon charged that bess98 and more than 1,000 others were illegally hawking customer reviews. The case comes just six months after Amazon sued the operator of four sites peddling similar stuff, including the subtly named buyamazonreviews.com.
Amazon is hardly alone in this. Other websites have fought fakes with lawsuits, carefully honed algorithms and even sting operations—Yelp has undercover staff answering ads from firms seeking glowing write-ups.
Yet, despite the lawsuits, the problem persists.
So websites have tried to fight fakes. Algorithms comb reviews for suspicious wording. Expedia allows hotel recommendations only by those who have paid for a room there. Amazon tags a review as "verified" if the writer has indeed bought the product. Presumably such reviews are more reliable, though bess98 is one of many who claim to be able to game Amazon's system.
As a recent Seattle Times post points out, Amazon's biggest challenge is figuring out the best way to discover violations of its reviews guidelines. It's hardly a trivial task: the company is estimated to list about 365 million items at the time.
That's far too many for humans to police, particularly for a company that prefers to automate as many business processes as possible. So Amazon has largely relied on algorithms to catch the worst offenders of its guidelines.
Instead, they directed the Goodreads blogger to the company's Review Guidelines.
Promotional Reviews – In order to preserve the integrity of Customer Reviews, we do not permit artists, authors, developers, manufacturers, publishers, sellers or vendors to write Customer Reviews for their own products or services, to post negative reviews on competing products or services, or to vote on the helpfulness of reviews. For the same reason, family members or close friends of the person, group, or company selling on Amazon may not write Customer Reviews for those particular items.
Paid Reviews – We do not permit reviews or votes on the helpfulness of reviews that are posted in exchange for compensation of any kind, including payment (whether in the form of money or gift certificates), bonus content, entry to a contest or sweepstakes, discounts on future purchases, extra product, or other gifts.
The sole exception to this rule is when a free or discounted copy of a physical product is provided to a customer up front. In this case, if you offer a free or discounted product in exchange for a review, you must clearly state that you welcome both positive and negative feedback. If you receive a free or discounted product in exchange for your review, you must clearly and conspicuously disclose that fact.
1) A review by a book blogger whose blog is part of a paid blog tour, even if the book blogger is not paid. Often only the organizer of the tour gets paid, but the blog review is considered a "paid review," so it can't be posted on Amazon.
2) A review written in exchange for a gift card. Even if that card is only in the amount of the price of the book. A reviewer could possibly use the card for purchasing something else.
3) A review written in exchange for another review. Review trading is 100% forbidden.
4) A review written in expectation of a free book. A review copy must be given before the review is written or the book will be seen as payment for the review.
5) A review by a person you "know" online. Amazon can detect if someone leaving a review is following you on Twitter or befriended you on Facebook. Amazon's expectation is that a fan will leave a biased review, so it wants only impartial people writing them.
It is the last one that has my friends up in arms. They point out that only traditional publishers have the means to reach people who don't know the author. Indies must instead rely on organic growth, which means fans, social media followers and word-of-mouth advertising. So, what's going on?
Amazon has created the Indie book market with the creation of Kindle. It is their leverage against the Big Five – not to mention a profitable one. As such, it is not in their interest to destroy something it has fought to build.
Amazon does have a problem with fake reviews.
Goodreads makes a claim to have gotten its hands on the new rules, but this is unverified. Amazon's own rules contradict their claim. It looks to me that Goodreads only offers an educated guess at what the rules might be.
All this leads me to believe that there's no reason to reach for the pitchforks and torches just yet. It sounds more like Amazon wants some leeway in deciding which reviews to reject/delete, and is purposefully vague in its phrasing, to avoid creating loopholes.
I am not naive. I don't think that Amazon is a friend of Indies. I do believe, however, that, as shown by successive Author Earning Reports, Indie works are a highly profitable segment of Amazon's bookstore, and a company would have to be crazy to risk losing this.
My own experience suggests that Amazon is not crazy: over 80% of my reviews are for books whose authors I have met online and/or follow on social media. Less that 10% of these have ever been rejected/deleted, and these were for the authors that are, indeed, closest to me.
I'd be interested to hear your experience with this.
Oh, and if you haven't done so already, be sure to check my post, How to Score Great Amazon Reviews: Resources and More for safe ways to get reviews.
Some of them go about it in a good way, many others – not so much.
Regardless, each time, an "Amazon author" reviews another "Amazon author's" book, both authors feed data into Amazon's algorithm.
• A more defined definition is: self-published author reviews books from other self-published author.
• An even more defined definition is: self-published author xyz's book was reviewed 5 times in 10 days from 5 other self-published authors but nobody, who is not an author, AND, author xyz also reviewed the books from 2 of these 5 self-published authors. And, to make matters "worse," all of them gave 5 star reviews only.
Now, keep in mind that Amazon churns the data from hundreds of thousands of authors and you can guess how that algorithm is able to identify patterns, and also why Amazon employees learn how to fine tune that algorithm based on the data they see.
So, what can authors do?
Read and review other books published by big publishers.
Do, what I suggested in my book: Contact Amazon top reviewers (they know how to get reviews right) and find readers/reviewers elsewhere. There are meet-up groups, book signings, get on local TV, or get your book featured in a print publication.
Do a Goodreads give-away. I have described one way how to get a good turnout at a Goodreads giveaway in of my other books. Once a reader has reviewed your book on Goodreads you can contact him/her and ask the reviewer to copy and paste that review to Amazon's site.
Also, do twitter promotions, get your book reviewed by a book blogger, who can reach readers you don't know – in other words, do what you can to reach people you are not connected with.
At your Amazon author page post pictures of book signings, you being on local TV, and screen prints of publications where your work has been featured. This helps Amazon to see WHY your work is getting reviewed. The more often your work is featured anywhere, the more people will read and review it. Things have to make sense.
Amazon's algorithm reads the data it receives. Thus, self-published authors need to avoid getting ONLY reviews from other self-published authors.
• Avoid writing a me-mail with an abundance of I-my-me words. Your request is about your book and not about you.
Amazon rewrites Review Policy. How scared should we be?
Goodreads SHOULD know since they're owned by Amazon.
My understanding is that they're run as two completely separate entities. For now, anyway.
Great info and advice Nick! Thanks. ?
Nicolas, thanks for the update. Though, I must say I'm not too happy with the last requirement. I say leave well enough alone, because sometime tweaking things can make more troubles.
I'm sick of Amazon's craziness. I concur with their views on paid reviews, but the oxymoron is that they thrive on having our Indie books on their site and we as Indies have to self promote and make connections with readers, and that leads to invalid reviews because we've done our work to promote and obtain followers, only to have them not to be allowed to review. There's no end to this madness.
Rejecting "A review by a person you "know" online" does seem really harsh and crazy! But I had no clue that fake reviews were such a big thing! Does having a lot of reviews help sell books that much? Speaking of which, I need to go give some real reviews for your books! Sorry I haven't done them yet, I'm excessively lazy!!
But… but… you're supposed to be scared of them! What kind of a monster are you??!
This is a great blog, which points at many of the issues indie authors face. As an Amazon top reviewer and author of a highly acclaimed book about how to get book reviews I feel I should address the review issue once more.
•	A more defined definition is: self-published author reviews books from other self-published author.
•	An even more defined definition is: self-published author xyz's book was reviewed 5 times in 10 days from 5 other self-published authors but nobody, who is not an author, AND, author xyz also reviewed the books from 2 of these 5 self-published authors. And, to make matters "worse" all of them gave 5 star reviews only.
1) Read and review other books published by big publishers.
3) Do a Goodreads give-away. I have described one way how to get a good turnout at a Goodreads giveaway in of my other books. Once a reader has reviewed your book on Goodreads you can contact him/her and ask the reviewer to copy and paste that review to Amazon's site.
4) Also, do twitter promotions, get your book reviewed by a book blogger, who can reach readers you don't know – in other words, do what you can to reach people you are not connected with.
•	Avoid writing a me-mail, which is defined by an abundance of I-my-me words. Your request is supposed to be about your book and not about you.
•	Don't tell the reviewer that you would be honored and similar exclamations. Flattery does not lead to success.
Oops, just saw that I forgot another way to help the with the Amazon-algorithm issue: At your Amazon author page post pictures of book signings, you being on local TV, and screen prints of publications where your work has been featured. This helps Amazon to see WHY your work is getting reviewed. The more often your work is featured anywhere, the more people will read and review it. Things have to make sense.
I've sometimes duplicated a review on amazon.co.uk on amazon.com, having purchased the book from the uk site. Does that mean that the .com review isn't valid, as I haven't bought the book from there? It just seems silly that once someone posts a review on amazon, that it's not carried across all of their sites as it's the same company.
I do the same, actually. Although, if you go to .co.uk, you'll see they list the .com reviews under the .co.uk ones.
Yes, but only one will say it's by a verified purchaser . The other will say it's by a customer. I guess they're willing to publish it in both places, as long as they think it's a genuine review.
If Amazon's ever-evolving system brooms some legit reviews, that's better than letting non-legit ones through. I'd rather have ten regarded as having been vetted for integrity than have fifty regarded as suspect. Amazon's conundrum, though, would be that lowering the probability of a review being allowed to show would discourage people from bothering to write and post them. (I don't dash off a few lines, but rather put time and effort into writing a thoughtful review both helpful to potential buyers and as feedback to the author.) As an author, I want people to assume integrity in reviews about my books, but as a reader I don't want my reviews killed because I follow the author. Heck, odds are that's how I learned about the book. I like requiring that the book be acquired from Amazon to review it there, or that its origin be disclosed, especially if won during a promotion. If posting reviews for people followed on social media and/or belonging to same organizations such as RRBC becomes a problem, we might need to start creating separate identities pseudonymously with Amazon accounts of their own, and buy products through there so we don't show up in social media. One of the comments above suggests Amazon doesn't really have access to social media links, but the ways they can are numerous. For example, large portions of Twitter users allow access to their accounts through third-party services such as unfollowspy, crowdfire, roundtree, and others. All Amazon needs to do is cut a private deal with those sites and mine data. Read your fine print; social media access from third-parties to actual sites such as Instagram don't guarantee that the data can't be mined. Google is the biggest data-miner in the world, and they have algorithms that can match activity and user searches to other data and sell it as a service. Let's assume Amazon has and will develop better ways to find connections, and behave accordingly. Just because Amazon chooses to set a threshold for when it intervenes does not mean it's not aware of more than we think.
Excellent post, Nicholas. I am flabbergasted that Amazon would eliminate reviews from people you have met through social media. It seems contradictory to the idea of getting your book out there on social media. So I hope it's not true. I've tried to avoid even the impression of conflict of interest by buying each book I review. I figure the authors can use the income and then that aspect of influence is moot.
I totally get the desire to eliminate "fake" reviews, and with 365 million items, it clearly can't be done by humans.
That's certainly one way to go. Another, even simpler one, might be to flag "suspect" reviews and let readers decide if they're genuine or not.
Great article, Nicholas. One thing that I find a bit baffling is that since Amazon owns Goodreads, it seems that they would have the same review policy. But maybe it's not that unusual. Amazon owns Audible, too, and on Audible you have to obtain the book through them (whether purchased or gifted to you) in order to leave a review.
I agree with what you say in the final paragraph. I think all my reviews are by people I've met online or through the Language Creation Society, which I also follow online. I've never had a review rejected that I know of. And I have never given away a book in exchange for a review. I've given away books through Facebook events, but most of those have been with Smashwords coupons. I only say to those who win copies that I hope you'll review it after you read it. And I've never had a review rejected because the book wasn't purchased through Amazon. So I don't know what I've done right, but I don't seem to have gotten in any trouble.
Very helpful blog today and great comments. My big concern is when authors continue to do these review swaps. I get requests like that frequently on Goodreads and always decline, telling them that Amazon and Goodreads ban review swaps. Most don't believe me since Goodreads has groups on their site "Swap Reviews" and "The Book Review Exchange," which encourage review swapping. And yet Goodreads claim to forbid book review exchanges as policy. I find that there are a lot of amateur authors out there who don't understand this is a profession and ethical standards are necessary for all if we are to maintain respect.
The reviewer doesn't have to have purchased the book being reviewed; the reviewer just has to have bought something on Amazon, anything, anytime, and therefore, have an Amazon customer account that includes one purchase.
Proof (maybe):I almost never buy books, especially fiction (sorry; low-income and no space for books). I use(d) the public library for ALL my fiction reading, and, therefore, reviews, up until my sister gave me her used Kindle. Now, I sometimes have downloaded a free copy of an ebook and read and review those ebooks. Therefore, I show almost no book or ebook purchases on AZ or elsewhere for most books, yet I don't think AZ has removed any of my reviews.
Finally, many of your readers and you, I believe, belong to "review swap" organizations. Do you do the swapping? I do not know. But, if you even belong to those groups, your reviews may be suspect and your reviews may be taken down (and probably should be, if they are of other members' books).
Two years ago, when I first became an indie author, I used to belong to a few of those groups. I left all of them before doing any review swapping and I refused to participate, long before all this blew up. Glad of that.
My worry is that people who have been on my online video talk show, *CHANGES* conversations between authors, and others whom I "know" online through social media, ARE many of the authors whose books I read and review. I still provide honest reviews (as you well know), but what do AZ's "algorithms" assume about my "relationships" to these reviewers and my/our reviews?
I sincerely hope AZ doesn't go crazy and remove all reviews if the author is on a friends or followers list anywhere. That would totally ruin most of our books' review lists.
Best to you, Happy Holidays and happy new fatherhood, Nicholas!
For one thing, Amazon is making its own publishing company with various subsidiaries. That makes me wonder if the indie authors are seen more as a means to an end because they're now gathering their own authors. Total conspiracy theory on that one though.
My biggest concern with all of this is that it's aimed solely at the fake 5-Star review, which I do agree is a problem. Yet it's always seemed easy to report a 5-Star and get it taken down when compared to a fake 1-Star. The praising one you simple call the reviewer a friend or specific words become program triggers. Many of those reviews are similar because there's an attempt to avoid spoilers. The fake 1-Star can just spout nonsense and it's harder to prove that they're fake. I think because there's no organization behind it like the ones that are asking for money. Still, I hate to see policies that only focus on half of the problem.
Honestly, I think the use of algorithms is both smart and stupid. Makes sense that Amazon is doing this because of the amount of reviews flowing into the site. But a program won't know if it's looking at a legitimate fake or a real person who just happened to write the 'wrong' words. Plenty of readers will go to an author's page in an attempt to make contact, so what happens to those that are successful and manage to pull of a long dialogue? They'll inevitable say something along the lines of friendship or make it seem, to a program, that they 'know' the author. I guess I just want a human element to be within the system to make sure those getting deleted are really fake and not simply hapless.
It would make more sense to add the human element on the side of the reader. I.e., flag "suspect" reviews in some way, and let the reader decide whether it's genuine or not.
True. Although how do you determine if something is 'suspect'? Most people will see that marking and jump to the conclusion that it must be true. Don't think there's any true way to win this one.
I agree. That also makes people think twice about posting reviews in general. If it's only going to be deleted then readers might not even bother. I've seen a lot of people voice that opinion.
I have quite an extensive experience with online reviews, as I am an Amazon Vine Voice, after being invited onto this programme by achieving positive feedback for my reviews from customers. This involves being sent a choice of free goods to review; anything from books, to lawn mowers, or pet food. They do not ask for a 'good' review, only an honest one.
These reviews are marked to the effect that I am reviewing an item I received free of charge, so that potential buyers are aware of that fact. If the item is something I have actually purchased, then it is shown as a 'verified' purchase. When it comes to reviewing books, or Kindle books from people I might 'know', I always purchase them. This not only gives a review the 'verified' status, it also helps the author with sales figures, and some financial reward. And at Kindle prices, it doesn't cost much, let's face it.
I have never had a problem reviewing work from people who follow me on Twitter, or those who I follow there. I cannot see why companies like Amazon could not add this 'received item free' notation to books received as free copies, to make the whole process more transparent to the potential buyer.
But when a company this big controls such a lion's share of the retail market, they can more or less do what they want, I suppose.
You get to choose from a 'targeted' list MM, not just sent stuff randomly. I have been lucky to get all sorts of things, most of them very useful, or actually wanted.
I have reviewed close to 1000 products, over half of which were DVD films, over a period of some years. I received a 73% positive feedback (almost 700 votes) rating based on these, so was contacted by Amazon and offered the chance to be included. This membership can also be revoked, if my percentage drops, or if they simply choose to remove me. My 'ranking' fluctuates as the percentage dips or rises.
Hope that helps. Best wishes, Pete.
Really? That's disgusting.. But then human nature can be that, too. Thanks for the info!
You're a prince among men, Pete.
As for Vine, it is specifically excluded in Amazon's policy. Since they know you're part of the program, you don't need to add any disclaimer.
I am not sure that I qualify for such praise, Nicholas, but will accept it gracefully. I hope that all three of you have a wonderful Christmas.
Best wishes from Norfolk, Pete.
Does Goodreads have the same review policy as Amazon? I've written several reviews on Goodreads of authors I follow on WordPress and Twitter.
Thanks for the helpful information, Nicholas!
Actually, I don't think that Amazon will remove it. Most of the people who have reviewed Runaway Smile have done so after reading it on my blog, and state so clearly. No reviews have been removed yet.
I don't write many reviews but when I do they are always for books I've loved, but I do try to make them informative. They are also for books I've bought from Amazon [and I've been buying books for almost as long as they've been in existence]. So, I haven't had a review rejected, or at least not that I'm aware of. A better review system however, benefits all of us. Let's just hope Amazon gets it right in the end.
Indeed. A great way would be for Amazon to flag suspect reviews as "probably by a friend" or something, and leave it at that.
Yes, that would work far better than just pulling the review.
So long as the official rules remain unchanged, I don't think we have to really worry. Books that I read as ARCs and enjoy immensely I usually purchase to give the Verified Purchase tag to my review and not have to mention "free copy in exchange of an honest review", but I can't do that with all the ARCs I get, so if I mean to post a review of an ARC I read on the book's launch day, even if I don't write "free copy…" doesn't it show that I got it from the author? That's what remains to be seen. How Amazon will treat first-day reviews that have no "free book for exchange" tag. We'll see.
I've never had a review deleted. (knock on wood) I'm not really sure why, but after reading this, here may be some reasons why: I have a separate Amazon account that I write all my reviews from. I write reviews on lots of products from that account, not just on books, and not just indie author books. In fact, I've never written a review from my author account. I used to have my twitter linked to my author account, but when reviews started getting deleted, I unlinked it from Amazon. As a double precaution, I try to make communication with my author friends in a private message (although, not always). I also have a separate twitter account where I talk to people more often.
I do tweet – "get a free book in exchange for a review", and that's where I get some of my reviews. A lot of those people write reviews for big publisher reviews. I also, as I'm sure most of you do, encourage people at the end of my book to write reviews. I've received a couple of reviews from readers this way, and they have product reviews for all kinds of stuff, not just books.
This came up in my facebook feed. I thought it was interesting.
Since it's a closed group, you may not be able to read it, so basically it says that some people used Netgalley and received a bunch of 1 star reviews. Reviewers on Netgalley are encouraged to leave a review everything they receive, so even if it's not really their thing, they leave 1 star reviews. However, some people filter through the reviewers' requests (or use a company) and that seems to help. A lot of people say it's not worth the money spent. So… I think it was good for a while, it must be one of those things that changes over time. I find this industry changes very quickly, what worked last year, probably won't work this year.
I know authors on Twitter and WordPress and Goodreads; we've all left reviews for each other, all have been accepted except one. Having said that I'm going to go back and double check because you never know what these monkeys at Amazon are up to.
I see no way that Amazon could tell who I am connected with on FB and Twitter. These things could only be accessed if Amazon had a secret understanding with FB and Twitter and I hardly think this is the case. Actually, I know for a fact Amazon is not a Facebook business partner because their helpdesk told me so while discussing an irrelevant issue with me. So rest easy, folks! Most of my reviews are also by people I connect regularly with on Facebook, since either before or after they posted the review. I haven't had my reviews deleted and haven't lost any either. Last, I think it's best not to add a disclaimer when you're reviewing after receiving a copy from the author. Saying it's a free copy in exchange for a review only attracts attention it, whereas if you say nothing they can give you the benefit of the doubt – people do pick up second hand paperbacks or borrow them from friends, for example.
I agree with the first part of the comment. As for the second one – not to add the disclaimer – it's up to the reader, although I have to point out that not mentioning it is against Amazon's rules.
Very informative article, Nicholas. Thank you for sharing this.


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Ghana will, for the successive time, battle with Burkina Faso for a ticket from the West Africa Football Union (Wafu) Zone B to the 2020 Championship of African Nations (CHAN) to be hosted by Ethiopia.
Burkina Faso denied Ghana qualification to the last edition of the CHAN tournament, Morocco 2018. The local Stallions stunned the Black Stars 'B' 2-1 in Kumasi after being held to a 2-2 first-leg draw at home to qualify for the competition.
Both countries will join the qualifying campaign in the second round, according to a draw held on Wednesday, 30 January 2019 at the Caf Headquarters in Cairo, Egypt on the sidelines of the Organizing Committee of the competition. The home-based Black Stars will play home first before travelling to Ouagadougou for the return leg.
Close border neighbours Benin and Togo will start the Wafu Zone B qualifiers with the only tie in Round 1. The aggregate winner then advances to face Nigeria in one of the three Round 2 ties for a ticket to the 2020 CHAN.
Also from the Zone B draw is a deciding tie between Niger and Cote d'Ivoire.
Overall, forty-seven (47) teams will be engaged in the battle for 15 places to join host Ethiopia for the final tournament of the sixth edition of the tournament designed exclusively for footballers playing in their domestic leagues.
Caf said it will announce fixture dates for the 2020 CHAN qualifiers at a later date.