Apologies if this is not the right area of the forum for this question.
As an author, would you rather get a bad review or no review?
Some authors are so well established that I don't think bad reviews are all that damaging. I mean, a handful of bad reviews are bound to appear and tend to wash out with all the good reviews. The solution here is simple, at least for me, and I tend to go ahead and leave an honest, sometimes blunt review.
But what about an author that doesn't have a lot of reviews? Seems to me that leaving a bad review could do real damage to the author's career, and who the heck wants to hurt someone's career? I'm not prepared to lie and leave a good review, but it often occurs to me that I should just skip reviewing the novel in question. Then again, I figure that a lot of authors need more reviews, and I wonder if neglecting to leave one does the author a disservice in the long run.
Shrug. Thought I'd put the question out there and see what other folks think.
As an author, would you rather get a bad review or no review?
Some authors are so well established that I don't think bad reviews are all that damaging. I mean, a handful of bad reviews are bound to appear and tend to wash out with all the good reviews. The solution here is simple, at least for me, and I tend to go ahead and leave an honest, sometimes blunt review.
But what about an author that doesn't have a lot of reviews? Seems to me that leaving a bad review could do real damage to the author's career, and who the heck wants to hurt someone's career? I'm not prepared to lie and leave a good review, but it often occurs to me that I should just skip reviewing the novel in question. Then again, I figure that a lot of authors need more reviews, and I wonder if neglecting to leave one does the author a disservice in the long run.
Shrug. Thought I'd put the question out there and see what other folks think.