It seems we have a big shift in "authors-helping-authors" review services. Until yesterday, moving from one such service to another posed a risk, since a new service had no data about your reviews, and a cross-review situation could arise. And now we have a solution to minimize such risks. Yesterday, BookVillage presented its browser extension. It imports your existing reviews and allows the service to correctly configure your profile to prevent situations where two users may end up reviewing each other's books. Have you already tested it? What is your experience? A brief reminder: Guild members can access BookVillage under special conditions: - The first 30 days are free - Performance guarantee (if you didn't get enough reviews in the first month, you can ask for one more free month) - The next 2 months are 25% off ($15 a month) - A fixed price of $20 forever, as long as the subscription is active. Even if the price is raised for other users. To get the special conditions register by the link: https://bookvillage.pub/?via=guild

Did you know, Amazon removed over 200 million fake reviews in 2024 alone? In this 7-minute episode, you will get a detailed technical explanation of exactly how Amazon's AI detects fake reviews and why so many reviews from review-swapping services were removed. We're doing a deep dive into the sophisticated AI systems Amazon is using to hunt down fake review networks in 2025. If you’ve ever been tempted by "review swap" groups on Facebook or services like Pubby, you need to hear this before you hit "publish." Amazon isn't just looking at the text of your reviews anymore – they are looking at the structure of your network. What We're Covering: The Heavy Penalties: From content removal and losing community features to the permanent termination of your entire Amazon account. The "Paper Trail": How Amazon links authors and reviewers through shared IP addresses, social media links, and even your personal gift-giving history on your address list. "Review Gating" Exposed: Why filtering for only positive reviews before sending readers to Amazon is a major violation that the AI is now trained to catch. The Science of the Snitch: A breakdown of how Amazon uses "Graph Theory" (Clustering Coefficients and Eigenvector Centrality) to identify "tight-knit" neighborhoods of suspicious activity. Unsupervised Clustering: How Amazon's AI can find these fraudulent groups automatically without even knowing which products to look at first. The Reality Check: Amazon's system is now so effective that just two small clusters of data accounted for 70% of all identified fake review activity in a recent study. Stop playing games with the algorithm. The "fingerprint" left behind by review services is too expensive and difficult to hide. We’re discussing how to build a sustainable, long-term publishing business without risking a lifetime ban. And the most critical question: How to obtain reviews under these conditions? We will answer it in January 2026, and you will definitely like the answer.

In Neal Mohan’s 2026 CEO letter, YouTube says it is “focused on frictionless commerce” and that viewers will be able to purchase creator‑recommended products without ever leaving the YouTube app. When a creator talks about or recommends a product in a video or Short, YouTube plans to show an in‑app buy option so the entire checkout happens inside YouTube instead of opening a separate store site. YouTube will use AI product tagging and other shopping tools to detect products in videos and attach shoppable links, turning more videos into instant storefronts and giving creators ongoing sales from their back catalog. Fully seamless “never leave the app” buying experience is scheduled to expand broadly through 2026. I think it can be a much bigger deal than TikTok shops, since the YouTube audience is more inclined to buy real books. Your thoughts?

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