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Mean Book Reviews

Don't Be Held Hostage By Reviewers

Lev Raphael | Posted 09.10.2012 | Books
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Wannabe authors imagine that once they get published, life will be glorious. That's because they haven't thought much about bad reviews. Every author gets them, and sometimes they're crushing.

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Which Book Received The Meanest Review Of The Year?

AP | Posted 02.07.2012 | Books
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LONDON -- A critic who accused a Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist of scattering literary allusions like "tin cans tied to a tricycle" has won a prize f...

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Huffington Post Readers' Picks

Posted 05.25.2011 | Books
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In our article The 5 Meanest Reviews Ever, we asked you for some of your own personal favorite venomous reviews. You responded, telling us about revi...

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5 Meanest Book Reviews Ever

Posted 05.25.2011 | Books
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It has been said that any publicity is good publicity. But when someone describes your writing as "like reading a bad newspaper or a bad piece in a ma...

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