Remember my earlier rant about not being able to review books on amazon? I just heard back from the customer service, they have checked my review status and I'm now able to write reviews again - I will try to make sure not to write the word #NetGalley into my reviews in the future.
#amazonhiccough
Jess7 I didn‘t know you couldn‘t use NetGalley in an Amazon review? I think I probably have? Maybe not with the hashtag in front, but I know I have used the phrase “NetGalley” 6y
Sarah83 Why can't you use netgallery in your reviews? 6y
ephemeralwaltz Also interested in the answer to @jess7 and @Sarah83's question. 6y
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julesG @Jess7 @Sarah83 @ephemeralwaltz - I just remembered that one author who sent me a galley personally reminded me not to write the words 'free, ARC, in exchange for a review' into my amazon review. Apparently amazon uses dome sort of bot to filter those reviews out. Hence I've decided not to use 'NetGalley' either. Better safe than sorry. 😉 6y
Jess7 I thought per FCC guidelines we are required to disclose if we received a book for free in exchange for an honest review 6y
julesG @Jess7 Yep. That's what I thought too. My problem with 'being banned from reviews' started when I wrote the above mentioned words into a review. Said review was taken off the page, too. But I've seen other reviews with "you know what" in it and they were not censored. 6y
julesG @Jess7 My reviews are also mainly identical to what I write on NetGalley and Goodreads, so it can't have been a foul language issue or spoiler. 6y
Jess7 That‘s interesting. I haven‘t run into that issue yet, but I haven‘t posted all of my reviews to Amazon (just some) and of the ones I have posted, some are ones where I bought the book myself and am therefore a verified purchaser to those, so maybe bc of the mixture I wasn‘t flagged. But that‘s weird. 6y
julesG @Jess7 The funny thing is, I eventually cracked and wrote them another, this time not so polite, email was because I couldn't review a book that I bought, a physical copy even. It is weird and I hope this is resolved for good now. 6y
OutsmartYourShelf Strange, but have heard of others experiencing similar problems. I usually say along the lines of “Thanks to NetGalley and publishers (insert name) for the opportunity to read an ARC. I am voluntarily giving an honest review.” Not had any issues as yet. (edited) 6y
LibrarianRyan @Jess7 @julesG I believe does FCC ruling does not apply to Amazon because it's not technically Social Media, it's a shopping platform. Personally I think they are needed there too... plus in a way Netgalley could be considered a competitor. And as such Amazon wouldn't be required to post. Just my two cents. 6y
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