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Hi, everyone. As you're aware, we no longer have the Direct Message feature on Goodreads. The mods have discussed the best way to go forward, and have determined that we will need an email address from everyone, which will be collected in an online form.(Please refer to the revised Rule 8 above.)
If you'd like to join this round, please remember that I can't add you until I have links to your Goodreads book and your email address, provided in this form. For the sake of everyone's privacy, we're asking participants to list the email address on the form and not in the actual thread where it's visible to all online.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FA...
Please Note: When signing up, as well as posting your Goodreads author, Goodreads book link, and submitting your email address using the form, please post review conflicts. Please don't rely on memory.To check if you’ve reviewed someone, click your “My Books”, and type their name in "search and add books".
To check if someone else has reviewed you, go to their profile, click the middle link under their picture (x reviews) then type your name into “search and add books”
Thank you :)
Please note two rules that are recent additions:12. You declare all Goodreads accounts when signing up for rounds, including all pen names and additional user accounts, so that these can be checked by moderators and other group members to ensure that there are not previous review conflicts.
13. Books which include AI-generated writing are not permitted. Reviews may not be written by AI.
I"d like to join with my middle grade book, Kit's Indian Summer.I also have written under the name Spike Brown.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
I would like to join this group with The FallI have not read from S.D but S.D. has read from me but not this book.
Linda A. Sanchez
I would like to join this group with Wizard Bamzooki's Mismanagement: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
S.D. wrote: "I have read & reviewed Linda"Thank you! And welcome to the round.
All, to sign up you need to provide...1. Link to your author profile and the book you would like reviewed.
2. Any conflicts with people who signed up before you.
3. Fill in the form here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FA...
Linda wrote: "I would like to join this group with The FallI have not read from S.D but S.D. has read from me but not this book.
Linda A. Sanchez"
Hi Linda, I need you to complete the form in order to sign you up:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FA...
Natalie wrote: "I would like to join this group with my novel Pearl Bound https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2..."Hi Natalie,
In order to sign you up:
- I need to know if you have any conflicts with anyone else in the group.
- I need you to complete the form here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FA...
J.R. wrote: "I would like to join this group with Wizard Bamzooki's Mismanagement: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2..."
Hi J.R.,
In order to sign you up:
- I need to know if you have any conflicts with anyone else in the group.
- I need you to complete the form here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FA...
And for those of you filling the form and not posting here, you won't be signed up either.
E.K. wrote: "Linda wrote: "I would like to join this group with The FallI have not read from S.D but S.D. has read from me but not this book.
Linda A. Sanchez"
Hi Linda, ..."
I have filled out the form. Hopefully, I did it correctly.
Linda has reviewed me before, I've not read/been reviewed by SD Brown or Natalia.
E.K., I'd like to join if I can, with my book Felicity and the Raccoons. I have reviewed SD, but not this book, I've also reviewed Linda and JR. But it appears that they have other books I have not read yet.
You have reviewed me.
I have not read nor been read by Natalie.
I have filled out the form.
Here is my book link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
Here is my author link: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
Hi all, I have no conflicts with any of the other writers thus far on the list. I have completed the google form. My author link is: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
My book link is: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
Linda, Natalie, J.R., Loralee, welcome to the round.
Lonnie wrote: "Is the group still open?"Yes, it's still open. Have you finished your commitment to Round 389? If so, you can sign up. I need:
1. Link to your author profile and the book you would like reviewed.
2. Any conflicts with people who signed up before you.
3. Fill in the form here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FA...
Thanks :)
Yes! My review for Bot Camp just went live.1. My profile is: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
The book I have for the group is Claws of the Hollow:
https://www.amazon.com/Claws-Hollow-L...
2. No conflicts. I would like to read Kit's Indian Summer tho.
3. Form submitted
Lonnie wrote: "Yes! My review for Bot Camp just went live.1. My profile is: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...
The book I have for the group is Claws of the Hollow:
https://www.amazon.c..."
Hi Lonnie,
I've added you to the round. You do have a conflict, with S.D. who has reviewed your book. This means you should not review any of her books to avoid reciprocal reviews. We don't allow reciprocal reviews and neither does Amazon.
Actually, I have read Lonnie.Edit: I checked all of Lonnie's conflicts against the people on the list so far. S.D. and I have read and reviewed Claws of the Hollow. No one else on the list has read or been reviewed by Lonnie.
oh--conflicts is read by.. somehow I did not gather that. What a goof!
The Amazon rules state that authors/publishers are not allowed to specifically supply published books in return for reviews on Amazon. To comply with this rule, we don’t insist members review on Amazon, but we do insist that every participant in the round has the capacity to leave a review on their local Amazon store, so we all start with the same options.
The founding principle of the group is honest, non-reciprocal reviews, so please help maintain the integrity of the group by letting me know as you sign up if you have been reviewed by, or have reviewed another author in the group and do check back as the group fills to report any clashes. Usually places are allocated on a first come, first served basis.
This is a 'General' round
All fiction/ non-fiction accepted. This means you may be required to read anything from a book about tax returns to horror/erotica and everything in between.
Please note it is always possible that the books you are assigned may contain material you find upsetting or offensive. If you can't commit to this, please do not sign up.
Communication & Contact Details
As Goodreads has disabled private messaging, participation in this round requires providing a contact email address via a Google Form (or an alternative method specified by the moderator). This email will be used by the moderator to resolve round-related issues and will be shared with other participants solely for the purpose of exchanging review copies. Email addresses must not be used for marketing or shared more widely. The form with all collected email addresses will be deleted once the round has closed. If you are not comfortable with this, please do not sign up for the round.
Any participant who knowingly uses the email addresses for marketing, or is caught selling them, will be blacklisted from the group.
If you’re uncomfortable with sharing email addresses, you’re encouraged to establish a new free Gmail or Yahoo account, to be used exclusively for Review Group.
Now for the boring stuff, but please read it, it saves a lot of time if everyone is on the same wavelength.
Before signing up below with your Goodreads author and Goodreads book link in the thread below, please ensure that:
1. You have enough time to read and review 4 books within the 12 weeks of time allowed.
2. Your book is currently available for sale on Amazon (not pre-order) and it complies with the individual round theme, if there is one.
3. Your book is written in English, or you can provide an English translation, and it is fit to be reviewed. If it is not, due to editing or other issues, you risk poor reviews. This is your problem, not that of the reviewers or the groups. The number one error new authors make is not having their book beta read and edited, by non-family members.
4. You can submit reviews to Goodreads and Amazon.
Amazon allows only those people who have spent $50 in the last year to leave reviews in each of their stores. If you are unsure about your Amazon reviewer status, try posting a ‘test’ review before signing up. If you are unable to post reviews on Amazon, please do not sign up.
5. You can provide (and accept) at least PDF files.
You are not expected or required to buy the books you are allocated to review, but as this will give a ‘Verified Purchase’ review on Amazon, it is welcomed when you choose to do so. Many authors have books available via KU and others might provide smashwords coupons. Most authors can provide mobi and/or epub files directly by email. Please note: International Copyright laws apply. You cannot sell, or give away material you have received without the author’s express permission.
6. You have completed your reading if you are currently in another review round in this group. You can be involved in the ‘one for one’ list whilst you are in a round.
7. You have an author profile set up before you join.
8. You agree to provide a contact email address when requested by the moderator. This is required in order to participate in a round and replaces the previous requirement for Goodreads private messaging. Emails must not be sold, or used for marketing purposes.
The link to the mod's email form will be in the next post.
9. You declare any relationship you have with another member in the round.
Amazon will not allow reviews from the same household on the same book or if you are an editor, relative or close friend of another member.
10. You agree to finish assigned books before leaving a review, that your reviews will be unbiased and honest, whatever the star rating, and based on your perception of the merits of the book not on whether you like the genre or not, and you will try to avoid ‘spoilers’. i.e. giving away the finale of a book. Please note the Review Group will back any reviewer's right to express their opinion about a book, but personal comments about a fellow author are against both Review Group and Goodreads policy. If you DNF* an assigned book, you run the risk of not being allowed into review rounds in the future.
11. You will not ask a fellow author to change a review of your book because you don’t agree with it.
If you think you have a legitimate concern, talk to the mod of your round, NOT the other author. Personal attacks, or pressurising other members WILL NOT BE TOLERATED and will result in you being blacklisted.
12. You declare all Goodreads accounts when signing up for rounds, including all pen names and additional user accounts, so that these can be checked by moderators and other group members to ensure that there are not previous review conflicts.
13. Books which include AI-generated writing are not permitted. Reviews may not be written by AI.
Please note:
*We all want reviews, it’s why we joined the group. It is bad taste to expect other people to review your book and then not do the same for other people in the group. People that Do not Finish (DNF) and/or don’t post reviews will find it difficult to get into a subsequent group.
It is not necessary to leave any kind of disclaimer in your review, but ultimately, it is up to individuals. Reviews that state you received a copy ‘in return’ for a review will probably be removed/not allowed by amazon.com. ‘I received a free copy from the author without an obligation to review’ would be more acceptable if you feel the need to add a disclaimer.
Your Goodreads details and the rounds you participate in may be recorded by the admin mod on a database. We do not retain details of email addresses after the round has closed.
Allocation is entirely random and there will NOT be any rearranging of the listing to accommodate personal preference. The ONLY circumstance in which you may duck out of giving a review is if YOU provide a stand-in reviewer.
The only way this group can function is if we trust each other to behave honourably. And it IS perfectly possible to give a fair-minded review of a text that does not coincide with our normal choice of reading matter. If you need a few hints/tips, please see this thread:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
I will do my best to fit everyone into the group they request, but occasionally, particularly in the case of our more prolific good standing members, I may have to decline a member request to fit the maximum number of people into a particular round. I will always endeavour to start another round as soon as possible with that member in mind.
It is permissible to review an author more than once if a different book is available.
If you need anything clarified please ask on the thread below before signing up. It’s a pain to have to keep rearranging the list because people haven’t read the above.
Your group moderator will be: E.K. Frances
Member Links | Book Links
1. S.D. Brown | KIT'S INDIAN SUMMER: 1852: KLAMATH RIVER GOLD RUSH
2. Linda A. Sanchez | The Fall
3. J.R. Gibson | Wizard Bamzooki's Mismanagement
4. Natalie G. Bergman | Pearl Bound
5. Lonnie Webb | Claws of the Hollow
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10. Loralee Evans | Felicity and the Raccoons