Category Archives: Links

Sockpuppets on Sockpuppeting

Posted on September 13, 2012 by Cora

No, not really. But I’m gradually running out of post titles here. Anyway, as you could gather from the title, the fake reviews scandal is still expanding and hitting the mainstream media. At The Atlantic, David Wagner points out that … Continue reading →

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This ain’t no witch hunt

Posted on September 12, 2012 by Cora

We’re still talking about the whole fake reviews scandal it appears. For now, Barry Eisler weighs in on the sockpuppeting and paid reviews scandal once more and though his tone is a lot more measured than that of the Joe … Continue reading →

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Posting sockpuppet reviews is not free speech

Posted on September 10, 2012 by Cora

Joe Konrath defends the practices of buying fake reviews, leaving malicious one star reviews to trash the books of rivals and leaving sockpuppet reviews as free speech. Because an author deliberately leaving one star reviews on books by rival using … Continue reading →

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Even more on sockpuppets and fake reviews

Posted on September 5, 2012 by Cora

We’re still talking about sockpuppets and bought reviews, so here are the latest links: A group of mostly crime writers has published a sort of open letter condemning paid reviews and sockpuppeting called “No sockpuppets here, please”. Barry Eisler responds … Continue reading →

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Yet more on the paid and fake reviews uproar

Posted on September 4, 2012 by Cora

The uproar that the true secret behind John Locke’s remarkable e-book sales was that Locke paid for reviews is still going on. I already blogged about the paid reviews scandal and what remains of John Locke’s advice one year later … Continue reading →

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More on the paid reviews scandal, John Locke, loyalty transfer and Joe Paterno

Posted on August 28, 2012 by Cora

By now the New York Times article about a “pay for customer reviews” service that I blogged about yesterday has filtered through the online writing and publishing world, so here are some more responses: At Self Publishing Review which offers … Continue reading →

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“How I sold one million e-books…” revisited

Posted on August 27, 2012 by Cora

First of all, Heartache is the featured new release at the Short Story Blog today. In other news, the New York Times published a lengthy article about a “pay for fake e-book reviews” service. One of the service’s patrons was … Continue reading →

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Indie publishing, Politics and the Future of the Novel

Posted on August 25, 2012 by Cora

Kristine Kathryn Rusch offers a brilliant take on Ewan Morrison’s screed that there will be no more professional writers in the future. I already skewered that particular missive by Mr Morrison here. If Morrison keeps this up, he’ll need his … Continue reading →

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Sue Grafton, Ewan Morrison and the latest indie publishing uproars

Posted on August 17, 2012 by Cora

Mystery author Sue Grafton caused a minor uproar in indie publishing land, when she called self-publishing “the lazy option” in an interview with the Louisville Gazette, her hometown paper. The original interview is here and here is the relevant quote: … Continue reading →

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More publishing doom and gloom, another bestseller and July sales figures

Posted on August 6, 2012 by Cora

Ewan Morrison, self-proclaimed doomsayer of the imminent death of literature, publishing and Western culture as we know it, is at it again and informs us at the Guardian that social media does not sell books (he does have a point … Continue reading →

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