Hi everyone, I’m Adriano, founder of BookVillage.pub I created this community because I felt there was a real need for a space entirely dedicated to one of the most important topics for every self-publisher: Amazon book reviews. Getting reviews is something that matters to anyone publishing on Amazon, yet I often see that this topic is rarely discussed in depth. Many publishers have questions but don’t always know who to ask. And when they do ask, the answers are often vague or incomplete. The goal of this community is to change that. Here you can ask any question you have about reviews and we’ll always do our best to provide clear answers backed by real experience and data. Your questions will also help shape future content in the Classroom section, such as: • short tutorial videos • straight-to-the-point articles • explanations of different review strategies You are free to ask questions not only about BookVillage, but about any service or strategy related to getting reviews and self-publishing in general. You’re also welcome to introduce yourself and share your experience, including: • what services you have used in the past • what review strategies you have tried before • what worked well and what didn’t This way we can build a real source of feedback and knowledge that will also help future members of the community. Feel free to introduce yourself in the comments and share your experience. And if you know other publishers or independent authors who might benefit from these discussions, feel free to invite them to join the community. 📚 IMPORTANT: BOOKVILLAGE UNIVERSITY Inside the Classroom section, you’ll also find the BookVillage University, where I explain in depth how BookVillage works, how Amazon reviews actually behave over time, and what I currently believe are the safest long-term approaches for both receiving and posting reviews. And there are two lessons in particular that I strongly recommend every user watches carefully:

If you are using BookVillage seriously, there are two lessons inside the BookVillage University that you absolutely should not skip: ⭐ Lesson 5 – Promotions & Best Review Types ⭐ Lesson 7 – Using Your Amazon Account Safely In the future, these may even become mandatory modules before accessing certain platform functions. Why? Because one of the biggest mistakes people make is assuming that getting and posting reviews is “simple” and that they already understand everything. In reality, there are small details that can make a massive difference over the long term. A few examples from Lesson 5: • Reviews should be naturally diluted over time.Avoid receiving too many reviews too close together. Ideally, let at least a couple of days pass between one review and the next. • Personally, I strongly discourage enrolling your books in KDP Select.This also means avoiding making your books available through Kindle Unlimited if your goal is maximum long-term review stability. • Standard Unverified reviews should remain only a small percentage of your total review profile.And when possible, I recommend receiving them on paperback versions rather than Kindle versions. And regarding Lesson 7: Please follow the recommendations carefully. Over the last days, we have already started increasing the level of controls and monitoring across all BookVillage users because I am obsessed with understanding exactly how to minimize Amazon-related problems even further. At the moment, removals still represent a very small percentage of the total activity inside BookVillage. I expected to find far more removed reviews than we actually did. But here is the key point people often fail to understand: Sometimes it only takes a few Amazon reviewer accounts getting banned for all the reviews posted from those accounts to disappear at once.

We’ve been able to increase the capacity of our Reader Assistant Service, and a few new slots are now available. This is especially important for those of you who contacted us a few weeks ago and were added to the waitlist because there were no available spots at the time. The service has been very well received by the members already using it, and we’re happy to open it again to more BookVillage users who want to save time by delegating their assignment workflow safely. The Reader Assistant Service helps you delegate the manual work behind your assignments, so you can keep completing assignments consistently, accumulate active promotions, and use them for your books, without relying on random Virtual Assistants or risky outside services. A key part of this service is that each Reader Assistant works with one BookVillage user only. This is not a mass automated system, and it is not a pool of random freelancers shared across multiple users. The service is intentionally structured this way so the workflow can remain more organized, more consistent, and easier to supervise. That is also why availability is limited. We do not plan to scale this service beyond a controlled level. Quality, supervision, and safety matter more than accepting everyone. So if you want to use the service, please don’t wait too long. New slots are available now, but they will be assigned on a first-come, first-served basis. You can read the full explanation here: 👉 Click Here to Read the Full Reader Assistant Service Guide To request a slot, email us at: [email protected] Use this subject line: READER ASSISTANT SERVICE If you were previously added to the waitlist, or if you already know you want to delegate your assignments safely, this is the right moment to contact us. BookVillage is your ally.