Delayed Amazon Review Publication

[Adrian Bouknight]

Hi everyone,

It is taking Amazon several days to publish my review, about a week has passed now. Has anyone else had trouble with Amazon taking a long time to approve your review? I wonder what the average wait time typically is for Amazon to process book reviews and if anyone has any tips for expediting the process.

Thanks,

[Laney K]

I find that wait time really varies. Sometimes I have review approved in a few hours, sometimes a few days or even a week. I don't think there is a way to expedite the process. You simple have to wait.

[Adrian Bouknight]

I find that wait time really varies. Sometimes I have review approved in a few hours, sometimes a few days or even a week. I don't think there is a way to expedite the process. You simple have to wait.

Thanks! I appreciate it! I suppose from now on I'll stick to the recommendations here and will keep my amazon reviews to just a sentence or two. It's nice when they are auto-approved in minutes, but beyond that it just seems a bit excessive. Maybe for onlinebookclub we could recommend a warning statement for reviewers, letting people know that if your review is greater than just a few sentences, it may result in an abnormally excessive review times. I just spoke with an Amazon tech and he mentioned that review periods might last up to 3 months! Which is just insane.

[Adrian Bouknight]

I find that wait time really varies. Sometimes I have review approved in a few hours, sometimes a few days or even a week. I don't think there is a way to expedite the process. You simple have to wait.

I found other forum posts on the topic. In which someone submitted two reviews, one was immediately approved while the other was not and took awhile. Which I suppose explains why the update option uses the word "submitted" to say that the review was submitted. I emailed Amazon as well, their review community. But I'm sure they're probably overloaded given the quantity of customers that have.