M7 Mike Costa Lives: Goodreads or .. bad reads?

Friday, October 25, 2013

Goodreads or .. bad reads?

http://www.salon.com/2013/10/23/how_amazon_and_goodreads_could_lose_their_best_readers/

I was tempted to register on Goodreads today, then I took a look at their Terms of Service, decided not to, and found other websites about how Goodreads is behaving towards comments by readers.

I noticed in their TOS about "never replying to negative reviews or it will permanently affect the reader or reputation of an author." I had some reviews by Internet Trolls last year; they may have been a part of this purported "war" of negative reviews, using self-published authors as bait.

After my reply to the Trolls was written, I noticed people stopped regularly buying my books, despite the fact I have over 7 or so writer names in effect (Horus Michael, Horus Ptahmeses, Nisut Peroaris, Ahmed Merenptah Marcaesar, Ptolemy Caesar, Archangel M7, Mika'ele Kapakai, etc.).

There is nothing wrong with my books; something may be wrong with me, but that is not your concern :P . Goodreads was purchased by Amazon to advertise authors; perhaps they should invest in blogs or unite with Google?

MC 2013.

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Welcome to my blog.

I am an Author, Archaeologist (B.A. in Archaeology & Biological Anthropology, '99), Egyptian Afterlife Priest (Kheri-Heb) & a Pharaoh of Duat, visual artist, Micronationalist, and computer game modifier. I have written over 137+ books so far. My books are my paper monuments. I hope you enjoy them. I also made computer game "Mods"(over 300) for the computer game, The Elder Scrolls-V: Skyrim, on Steam Workshop/Nexus Mods (2012-2021), some with multiple star ratings.

I believe in reincarnation to comprehend future actions as based on past life actions, and direction in one's life. I believe my past life visits to Egypt influence and inspire me with their culture. My first publisher (1992) was a Psychologist at CSU Hayward/East Bay in California; she believed my fictional first novel was about real information, as did the US Government and NSA/CIA. When she published it she sold some $50M in as yet unpaid royalties, and when I alerted the Govt. about this, they confiscated it from her and paid me nothing, then asked a terror group (AQ) if "any American knew of their plans for global conquest" and started harassing Iran about their "Nuclear weapons" issues (Chapter 20-21). I researched Ancient Egypt prior to writing Eye of the Pharaoh (c.1990, 1995), I had read about 12 non-fiction books for that project. Content appears in the film, The Mummy Returns. The publisher died in 2020 from brain Cancer.

I self-publish now because I cannot trust people, plus I can control the books better with regard to design, availability and royalties. Follow me on Twitter: @HorusMichaelM7.