bad review

[Jakob Abrahamsson]

hey,
it's always troublesome to send your private e-mail to the wrong places. 
but there is an easy solution to the problem of the bad amazon review. it would just take that any or several of you who have had the pleasure of reading the book (I haven't yet) and liked it post your own positive reviews which hopefully will outweight the bad one.. 
I guess that is the upside of public review forums like amazon or imdb.
/Jakob


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mitsuyo Wada-Marciano" <mitsuyo.wada-marciano at tufts.edu>
To: <KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu>
Sent: Saturday, August 10, 2002 2:44 PM
Subject: Re: KINEJAPAN digest 806


> Dear KineJapan Members,
> 
> As for Aaron's pointed out concerning the review, I've noticed it as well.  I
> thought, as Aaron describes here, that the review genuinely lacks any depth of
> thought on either his article or the whole book.  I would just let it go since
> the writer of the review does not even take any responsibility for his/her
> words by making it anonymous.  This is, I believe, the downside of amazon
> reviews.  Don't feel so bad, Aaron.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Mitsuyo Wada-Marciano
> 
> > Subject: Re: Bad review
> > Date: Fri, 9 Aug 02 17:31:25 +0900
> > From: Aaron Gerow <gerow at ynu.ac.jp>
> > To: "KineJapan" <KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu>
> >
> > As manager of this list I must immediately apologize for mistakingly
> > sending a mail intended for one list member to the entire list. An
> > elementary mistake but one which is inexcusable for someone who is
> > supposed to be managing the list. I'd appreciate it if people just ignore
> > the mail.
> >
> > However, the mail does include comments which might concern KineJapan
> > members since many participated in writing the book in question or have
> > read or supported the book in other ways. Seeing a bad review which I
> > consider to be very unreasonable was a bit shocking and, seeing it for
> > the first time, I promptly notified the other editor of the book. In
> > doing so I lightly speculated on who wrote the anonymous review, though,
> > as I wrote in the mail, it is ultimately a matter of little concern to
> > me. Still, I fear that someone may be offended by that remark--which was
> > never intended for public viewing--and if that is the case, I sincerely
> > apologize. I wholeheartedly welcome criticism of my work (although I
> > would appreciate it in a more reasoned, public manner which does not hurt
> > the other authors of the book) and I in no way want to single anyone out
> > on a personal level for recrimination. It was just a spell of curiosity.
> >
> > Again, I am sincerely sorry for the mistake. Honto ni menboku nai....
> >
> > Aaron Gerow
> > Yokohama National University
> > KineJapan list owner
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> >
>