How Do You React to a Negative Book Review?

I once had to unpublish a new book from Amazon because the very first comment it received was a very negative one. Imagine a new book you’re trying to promote for free so that you could reach more readers. And before your target market could ever have a chance to read it, the first thing they would see was that one negative book review!

What do you do when you receive a negative criticism for something you’ve worked so hard for? It could be a novel you’ve finally finished after so many years of juggling your day job and your writing career. Or it could be an article you wrote after hours of research online and offline.

After all your hard work trying to create something, it only took a matter of minutes for a negative review to tear it down.

Should You Just Ignore It?

The first and seemingly most practical advice you can receive is to simply ignore these comments.