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I have had two so far, that I know of since I started checking through KU from which country the readers w..."
Hi R.,
Thank you for your questions - this is an issue that other platforms are also struggling with. To address it, we’ve added the possibility to blacklist “bad” reviewers. In the future, users who are blacklisted too often will be suspended and blocked.
Also note that Amazon doesn’t always count read pages properly. We’ve seen cases where users read each other’s books via KU and still don’t see any pages recorded on their KDP dashboards. This could be an Amazon glitch or something else on their end.
Maggie wrote: "R. wrote: "Has anyone else had reviews left and you know definitely the person didn't read your book?I have had two so far, that I know of since I started checking through KU from which country th..."I have had this happen 3 or times. Like you I am now counting ku pages" I take on board what Maggie says"
I am not phased by the odd decrepency
It happened to me three times, and I have no idea why there was no change in my KENP when someone read my book.
I have actually reached out to Amazon about the missing KNEP count, and they insist they see the page counts on their end, that they are accurate, but I’m not sure how much I trust that response. I have had one instance where I truly doubt the book was read, but I’ve hesitated to blacklist the reviewer.
Jessica: At this point, we can't say anything about who's being sneaky; the readers or Amazon itself, so we could just hope for Amazon to do something about it or simply fix the KENP counts.
I know for a fact their system is messed up at times.
I have had two so far, that I know of since I started checking through KU from which country the readers were from.
I find this disappointing if instead of reading the book they are giving a review based on the books blurb and previous reviews by other readers.