THE Group for Authors! discussion

Hiyall. My book's had some really positive reviews on Amazon UK and USA Kindle, but they're not appearing in GoodReads. Any suggestions on how I can fix this?

I don't think they do that automatically :) But I did hear that Amazon purchased Goodreads so I'm not sure if that's supposed to change eventually or not

David, I've got the same question. My "Dawn Drums" has gotten excellent reviews on Amazon, but I haven't found a way to get them to show up here. I'm knew here, but it seems that symbiosis shouldn't be too tough to achieve as far as reviews are concerned.

Hi David, Kaitlyn and Robert,
I have the sane concern. "Poacher" is fluctuating in the top 1%/2% on the Amazon.com sales list with excellent ratings.
I would love to be able to post those ratings on Goodreads.

I asked GR direct- this is their reply. I hope it helps everyone:


Hi David,

Thanks for the note. It mights help to note that we do not actually allow outside reviews on book pages - our reviews are all user-generated by Goodreads members. That being said, please feel free to post excerpts from outside reviews on self-serve ads or giveaway descriptions to promote interest in your book. You can also post these reviews on your author blog for all your followers to see.

If you have any further questions, please let me know!

Best,
Claire


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Claire Lacdao
Customer Care Representative
Goodreads.com

Whenever I review a book on amazon.com or amazon.co.jp, I also publish it on Goodreads, which I'm probably allowed to do as I'm a Goodreads member.

Claire's message is correct; we don't currently pull external reviews into our book ratings. The best way to share your external reviews is with a simple blog post (Book Title has been getting great reviews! [link]), which will appear on your Author page right above your authored works.