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[coraa]

Has anyone ever seen a situation where an author defended themselves in the face of a less-than-positive review, where it came out with the author looking better than if they'd refrained from involving themselves?

I've seen authors involve themselves in positive discussions without problem. And I've seen authors say neutral things like 'Thank you for your review' in response to negative responses without problem. But I can't think of a single example of a time when an author has attempted to defend themselves from, or refute, a negative review, where the author has not come out looking measurably worse.

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[coraa.livejournal.com]

Author pile-ons have a much, much higher chance of driving me away from an author than bad reviews do. Heck, sometimes I buy books becuase of bad reviews. But if it's obvious that the author considers readers to be the opposition, well, I definitely don't feel obligated to participate in that. As I said to paperclippy, I am a book-buying individual! I am not the enemy!