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There's also the Additional Feedback forum. You can start a thread in that group (or any other one) dedicated to that novel. The reviewers I interact most with are members of the Medieval group, so each of us has a thread there, even though some of the books aren't even Medieval. It's messy, but it works.

Had you said something about placing one's head inside another body part, it would have been funnier, I think.

If a key element of this series is about the end of an era, then I strongly suggest making that a more obvious possibility. Give us a sense of that to carry us through the series. Something that binds the whole series together from the beginning, which is what I keep bugging you for from the outset of Acts.

I've finally switched to the correct first book, so I'm really looking forward to understanding this story as intended.

I missed all of those clues. Either I'm duh! (quite likely), or they weren't as obvious as you think. Your other readers would be a better judge.

Are we talking diarrhea or gunfire here? :-)

There is still something not right about the way the Visit Your Groups control works on the home page. Sol, you said the links to topics go away when it's been read. I'm not seeing that at all. It behaves as if there is a timeout on the links, but without a predictable amount of time. I added comments to several threads in the medieval group today, and they showed up in the control right after that, but then disappeared only a few hours later. Other times, I've seen thread links displayed in the control for much longer periods of time.

Is it that the links go away when the *originator* of the thread has read it? That might explain the unpredictable behavior I'm seeing.

Thanks.
Dirk

EDIT: Case in point, this post. After I left it, I saw the link appear on the home page. I went in, read it, and then came back to the home page. It's still there. I'm fine with that, as long as it's there long enough for regular (daily) visitors on the site to read them.

Kajo. Kajo. Kajo. I'm sick to death of Kajo.

Oops. Sorry. That was Amy projecting. I hear voices, too, you see.
Dirk

I had the same thing happen to me, Tom, except with the site's own messaging system. I think I was trying to message the same person twice. I'll try refreshing if it happens again.

Janet, does this mean Createspace won't market/distribute your book to other vendors as long as you're a member of Kindle select?

Thanks
Dirk

Check out CreateSpace. It's owned by Amazon. Several authors here use it. Contact Janet Taylor-Perry for details. Also, google for information about such sites to find reviews about them.

Not everyone posts to Premium, Janet. I currently review the work of an author who posts in a private group.

Sending an occasional gift of points to someone isn't likely to run out of control, since it takes a lot of time to build them up. But I recently received two extraordinarily detailed reviews where the reviewers put in hours of effort. I would gladly read extra works to build up enough points to reward them from time to time, just as I read to get enough points to publish. If I know someone is new and trying their best to give a good review or trying to stay with me, I'd probably give them an occasional gift as well.

There are people who read more than they write (me included), so we've built up quite a horde. Once those are spent, however, the system equalizes for everyone and you have to read even more to get the points to give away. If someone is a prolific writer and puts up stories at five times my pace, and they're getting lousy reviews or people don't stick with them, then they need to slow down and read more.

There are other reviewers who give barely any feedback and they're getting the same points as someone who goes out of their way to give better reviews. The current system doesn't reward the quality of reviews. It's a communist economy, where everyone gets an equal share no matter how much or little effort they make. Let the cream rise to the top.

As for giving incremental credit for later chapters, the points can come from the system, just as the system currently gives extra points for reviewing new members.