Unfortunately, there’s been an issue with Amazon’s reviews uploading (if your book was released on certain days) and Goodreads algorithms. They have been unable to upload some books and show the reviews for these books. Because of this, quite a few readers have been unable to find books on GR or leave reviews on the site along with Amazon.
A few of the authors under BLP and quite a few outside of BLP have had this issue, and I did too. When I first uploaded I Need A Gangsta, it went live so quickly (within 2 hours) that I didn’t think we would have any problems. But… we did. It took quite some time to chart, I had to manually upload it to GR (so no cover and still no visibility except for those that see it on my page), and the reviewers are being told they cannot leave a review on Amazon. Several readers have come to me asking about this, and unfortunately, there’s nothing I can say or do.
I do, however, have an email that you can write to, to see about getting your reviews manually uploaded for other authors. It is — community-help@amazon.com
I was going to take it to the chin and let I Need A Gangsta fade away… but I haven’t had peace with that decision for the past 3 days. I’ve placed a lot of stock in this book, seeing as it’s the beginning of a family saga. If it isn’t seen… the rest of the books won’t be seen. No ma’am. Not only is it 72,000 words of goodness, but it’s honestly the beginning of what will be my best urban work yet.
So, I made the decision this morning to pull the book from Amazon. Don’t fret! I will be re-uploading it next month and the rest of the books will be uploaded along with it. Parts 1,2, and 3 will all be available early April… on the same day.
If you are an author who has had trouble with reviews on Amazon, direct your readers to the above email mentioned. if you are a reader who has had trouble posting your reviews, PLEASE shoot them an email to see if they can manually add the reviews for you. They are super, super important to authors as they help readers decide if they want to take a chance and read a book or not.
Hope you all understand <3
Write for you soon,
B. Love
#BtheBeast
Prolific Pen Pusher
