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Author Alert: Amazon Vine Program

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Chatterbox
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Post by Chatterbox » Mon July 6th, 2009, 9:41 pm

Nope, you can't vote more than once on anything. You can't vote on your own reviews. That said, there are some seriously out-of-control people -- both reviewers and authors -- who establish multiple accounts, and rotate them, casting one vote per account. That's not only against Amazon's policy -- you'll be barred from voting again if they catch you, which they try to -- but it's just a silly waste of time, IMO. Anyone doing it is one step away from donning tin foil headdresses.

If Vine invitations were issued based on spending, mine would have arrived a lot sooner. Ditto the %, or even the ranking -- I had been in the top 500 for months before I was invited. There are people who are ranked 2,500 or so and have 25 reviews to their credit with a helpful rating of 60% who are in Vine. Trying to decode that will make you so crazy you will need that tin foil headdress.

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Post by Tanzanite » Mon July 6th, 2009, 11:04 pm

[quote=""EC2""]I'm an Amazon Vine reviewer and I don't know how I was selected. I am honest in my reviews, which means I'm not a 5 star tart by any manner of means.[/quote]

"5 star tart" - I love it!

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Post by cw gortner » Tue July 7th, 2009, 12:00 am

I love "tin foil headdresses" myself!
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Post by Chatterbox » Tue July 7th, 2009, 12:07 am

Confession: I had been eyeing that PG cover with deep suspicion before posting the tin-foil headdress reference. I think Ms. Woodville-Grey might actually look better in tin-foil than that.... that... words fail me.

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Post by Misfit » Tue July 7th, 2009, 1:34 am

[quote=""Chatterbox""]Confession: I had been eyeing that PG cover with deep suspicion before posting the tin-foil headdress reference. I think Ms. Woodville-Grey might actually look better in tin-foil than that.... that... words fail me.[/quote]

:D :D :D

At the risk of going OT and having to slap my own hand, I think my favorite description so far is the one on Goodreads where it's referred to as an upended flower pot.
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Post by Chatterbox » Tue July 7th, 2009, 1:39 am

Whatever it is, it has no place on any self-respecting book cover. *she declared firmly*

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