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Amazon Connect

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the author-self-defense dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The New York Times is reporting that Amazon is now providing the ability for authors to reach out to their fans via blogs in a program called Amazon Connect. So far, Amazon has recruited a group of about a dozen authors, including novelists, writers of child care manuals and experts on subjects as diverse as real estate investing, science, fishing and the lyrics of the Grateful Dead. Now the authors finally have the ability to respond back to comments!

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  1. Finally news! by JonN · · Score: 4, Insightful
    I can't remember reading an article on /. that had such few Google matches as this one.

    I shall dube thee "news"

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  2. Respond to comments in a good way? by garcia · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Now the authors finally have the ability to respond back to comments!

    Are they going to sidestep or blatantly ignore valid questions like Peter Dawkins did at a recent talk/book signing that I attended?

    Are these authors going to have control over what posts are kept and which are not?

    Personally, I don't want to see another astroturfing arena show up on Amazon. There are already plenty of "professional" reviewers out there that skew the impression of the books/items they review. I don't need the author to have an avenue to hype his own research while getting to pick and choose which comments to ignore/delete and which to keep and respond to.