How are you increasing your reviewer's score?

[Mradushi Singhal]

Ii started reviewing books 3 months ago on this platform. I'm stuck at level 1. No matter what I do. I don't get a score higher than 68%. Can somebody please guide me through the process of increasing the level and score?

I also started 3 months ago so take my words with a pinch of salt but I think I am getting a grasp on getting 100% score. If I were to advice you you need to keep in mind three things to get that score.

1) First part is the grammer part you get the first 40 points if there are no grammatical mistakes in your review you can make sure there there are no grammatical mistakes in your review by going through it with multiple apps use chatgpt and ask it to highlight any grammatical mistakes in the review and then correct them also reread it 2-3 time because chatgpt cannot solve all the grammatical mistakes as it is an AI and it has it's upsides but also downsides.

2)second part depends upon guidelines read the guidelines at least once before making a review until you remember it word by word. The most guidelines mistakes are on PQR so remember to get the answers to PQR while you're reading the novel that's when you remember it best.

3) It is the score the editor personally gives you you have to make a review that you personally will like to read then the review will be appealing to the editor resulting in a good score.

Follow the following three things and you will start to get good editorial scores but there are things that you learn with experience rather than reading so you have to face setbacks for sometime I am not saying this will promote you to level 6 reviewer right from the start but this is a step in the right direction.

Thanks a lot for your guidance. I have 1 more question. Is there anything else I can do to improve my reviewer score apart from trying to get a 100% on reviews?

[Genesis Haney]

Ii started reviewing books 3 months ago on this platform. I'm stuck at level 1. No matter what I do. I don't get a score higher than 68%. Can somebody please guide me through the process of increasing the level and score?

I also started 3 months ago so take my words with a pinch of salt but I think I am getting a grasp on getting 100% score. If I were to advice you you need to keep in mind three things to get that score.

1) First part is the grammer part you get the first 40 points if there are no grammatical mistakes in your review you can make sure there there are no grammatical mistakes in your review by going through it with multiple apps use chatgpt and ask it to highlight any grammatical mistakes in the review and then correct them also reread it 2-3 time because chatgpt cannot solve all the grammatical mistakes as it is an AI and it has it's upsides but also downsides.

2)second part depends upon guidelines read the guidelines at least once before making a review until you remember it word by word. The most guidelines mistakes are on PQR so remember to get the answers to PQR while you're reading the novel that's when you remember it best.

3) It is the score the editor personally gives you you have to make a review that you personally will like to read then the review will be appealing to the editor resulting in a good score.

Follow the following three things and you will start to get good editorial scores but there are things that you learn with experience rather than reading so you have to face setbacks for sometime I am not saying this will promote you to level 6 reviewer right from the start but this is a step in the right direction.

Thanks a lot for your guidance. I have 1 more question. Is there anything else I can do to improve my reviewer score apart from trying to get a 100% on reviews?

40 of your score depends upon editorial score while 10 depends on your posts in the forum you can post about things in the general book forum that will also help you increase your score.

You can also buy a book of month and post in it's forums for an additional of 10 score.

Additionally 30 of your score depends upon popularity meaning how many comments you get on your reviews. How many reviews of yours has been published?

[Mradushi Singhal]

I have completed 5 reviews out of which 3 have been published till now.

[Genesis Haney]

I have completed 5 reviews out of which 3 have been published till now.

You know what we can do I will comment on all your reviews and you comment on mine this will help us get the score for popularity increase as I personally think that it is the most difficult score to increase.

[Shirley Ann Riddern Labzentis]

Ii started reviewing books 3 months ago on this platform. I'm stuck at level 1. No matter what I do. I don't get a score higher than 68%. Can somebody please guide me through the process of increasing the level and score?

I also started 3 months ago so take my words with a pinch of salt but I think I am getting a grasp on getting 100% score. If I were to advice you you need to keep in mind three things to get that score.

1) First part is the grammer part you get the first 40 points if there are no grammatical mistakes in your review you can make sure there there are no grammatical mistakes in your review by going through it with multiple apps use chatgpt and ask it to highlight any grammatical mistakes in the review and then correct them also reread it 2-3 time because chatgpt cannot solve all the grammatical mistakes as it is an AI and it has it's upsides but also downsides.

This sounds good in theory, but I always run my reviews through three grammar apps and read my reviews over several times, and I still get hit with an error that the editor feels is wrong. You can't always request a re-check as you only have so many in a lifetime. Who is right, the three grammar apps or the editor? If the score of my review is not too bad, I will let it go; it's not worth the fight with the editor. I have done over 85 reviews since I started, and I win some and lose some. Some of the editors have no experience and shouldn't be an editor. I know as I was once one myself. Some get you so angry that you want to throw your computer and say, "I quit!" but you calm down and continue on. Sometimes, you will get two scorecards; one will give you a glowing review, and the other will not. Which one is right? I hope that they, (Scott), figures out a better way to run the editorial aspect of OBC, and we will get a better outcome. I know that many reviewers are not happy right now, and many have given up and quit.

[Genesis Haney]

Right I just got in this myself I knew the sexual content of the book is 2 but the editor said it was 0 because it does not meet the requirements of 1 but if can not be 1 that does not mean it can't be 2 it meets all the requirements of being 2 but still the editor did not agree with me in the end I backed off. I think there should be an option to get a third opinion on the editor

[Esther-David]

Ii started reviewing books 3 months ago on this platform. I'm stuck at level 1. No matter what I do. I don't get a score higher than 68%. Can somebody please guide me through the process of increasing the level and score?

I also started 3 months ago so take my words with a pinch of salt but I think I am getting a grasp on getting 100% score. If I were to advice you you need to keep in mind three things to get that score.

1) First part is the grammer part you get the first 40 points if there are no grammatical mistakes in your review you can make sure there there are no grammatical mistakes in your review by going through it with multiple apps use chatgpt and ask it to highlight any grammatical mistakes in the review and then correct them also reread it 2-3 time because chatgpt cannot solve all the grammatical mistakes as it is an AI and it has it's upsides but also downsides.

2)second part depends upon guidelines read the guidelines at least once before making a review until you remember it word by word. The most guidelines mistakes are on PQR so remember to get the answers to PQR while you're reading the novel that's when you remember it best.

3) It is the score the editor personally gives you you have to make a review that you personally will like to read then the review will be appealing to the editor resulting in a good score.

Follow the following three things and you will start to get good editorial scores but there are things that you learn with experience rather than reading so you have to face setbacks for sometime I am not saying this will promote you to level 6 reviewer right from the start but this is a step in the right direction.

Hi Genesis! Thank you for your advice. It's helpful for a newbie like me. I have been submitting reviews since early July of this year and have not received a single editorial score for a review. I was wondering if it is normal for the process to take so long? And when the editors give the score, do they inform the reviewer why they dock points? I don't want to keep doing this if no one will review my writing and if I am not given feedback on what to improve!

[Genesis Haney]

Hi Genesis! Thank you for your advice. It's helpful for a newbie like me. I have been submitting reviews since early July of this year and have not received a single editorial score for a review. I was wondering if it is normal for the process to take so long? And when the editors give the score, do they inform the reviewer why they dock points? I don't want to keep doing this if no one will review my writing and if I am not given feedback on what to improve!

The reason it is taking so long is that there was a huge backlog of reviews but it is getting solved and if the editor removes some points on anything they have to tell the reason for it so it is fair in this regard but in actuality it is a little more complicated then that.(As you can come across an unreasonable editor and if he gives you a bad score you can ask for a recheck but you can ask for a recheck only so many times and the score is already recorded in your history but these cases a bit rare at least for me usually editors are helpful and are there to help you improve)

[Stacy K]

I think the score really depends on the editor you get. I follow the guidelines to a tee and have been docked points unnecessarily. I gave a book a 5 star review and was docked 30 points for not stating what I disliked about the book. I didn't dislike anything, otherwise I wouldn't have given it 5 stars. I got docked points on my word choice because the editor preferred a synonym for the word I used. I was docked points for a comma that I did use correctly, but the editor thought I didn't. I was docked points for referring to the author as a man when I stated that the author was the father of son that the book was written about. There was no question at all about the gender of the author. It was clearly stated in the book that the author was a man. There is at least one particular editor that I don't think knows the guidelines. I had two editor scorecards for the same review...one scored 29% and the other scored 100%...now that's just too big of a discrepancy. I know we all work very hard on our reviews and it's really upsetting when an editor doesn't seem to understand the guidelines.

[Esther-David]

That's rather upsetting and inconsistent. I wonder if they have guidelines for the editing team, but maybe they aren't enforced very well. What happens when you ask for a recheck?

[Shirley Ann Riddern Labzentis]

When you ask for a recheck, you will sometimes win and sometimes lose. If you have solid proof that you are right, you will win in the end. I had an editor falsely accuse me of not stating that a book was for religious people only and scored me at 54%. I said that the book was readable by all. I asked for a recheck, and she refused to say that I was right, that a book was readable for all people and not just religious readers. I then asked for an admin check, and the admin said that I was right and re-scored for review with 100%. I am sure that the editor got a warning for it. You should only do this if you are positive that you are right as you only get so many editor rechecks and two administrative rechecks in a lifetime.

[Esther-David]

I finally received an editing scorecard for a review and the editor made a typo in their comments...haha

How is the number of editor points determined for the overall reviewer score? For my first review, I received a 21% and my review team score is at -23. How does this work?

[Ojeleye Bolanle]

I myself have been trying all I can do to leave level 0, but everything is not working
What can I do?

[Gerry Steen]

Ii started reviewing books 3 months ago on this platform. I'm stuck at level 1. No matter what I do. I don't get a score higher than 68%. Can somebody please guide me through the process of increasing the level and score?

I also started 3 months ago so take my words with a pinch of salt but I think I am getting a grasp on getting 100% score. If I were to advice you you need to keep in mind three things to get that score.

1) First part is the grammer part you get the first 40 points if there are no grammatical mistakes in your review you can make sure there there are no grammatical mistakes in your review by going through it with multiple apps use chatgpt and ask it to highlight any grammatical mistakes in the review and then correct them also reread it 2-3 time because chatgpt cannot solve all the grammatical mistakes as it is an AI and it has it's upsides but also downsides.

2)second part depends upon guidelines read the guidelines at least once before making a review until you remember it word by word. The most guidelines mistakes are on PQR so remember to get the answers to PQR while you're reading the novel that's when you remember it best.

3) It is the score the editor personally gives you you have to make a review that you personally will like to read then the review will be appealing to the editor resulting in a good score.

Follow the following three things and you will start to get good editorial scores but there are things that you learn with experience rather than reading so you have to face setbacks for sometime I am not saying this will promote you to level 6 reviewer right from the start but this is a step in the right direction.

Hi, all.(Shirley Ann, Claudia, Genesis, Alissa, Mradushi, Fikile) What Alissa mentioned earlier on, is what I have been concentrating on for the past year. I reply to a lot people's reviews and ask them to reply to mine in return. I am trying to maintain an average of 30 replies to my reviews. Over time I have improved my editor scores by really focusing on grammar rules and rechecking my work several times before submitting my review. 95% of the time, I enter the book of the day contest and post on Twitter and Pinterest. I just reached level 5 a couple of weeks ago. I was disapppointed when I bought the book In It Together and was regularly posting in the Philosophical forum so that I could get 10 bonus points. Then one day the bonus points were taken away and I was informed that I must fill out some kind of survey about the book and do a review on it. This left me with a bitter feeling. I decided then that I would not accept any offers for easy points as it was my experience that they will take them away from me later when they feel like it. I decided I did not want to experience any more negative feelings. I take things to heart, so this kind of stuff was ruining my day. From then on my focus was to stay positive. I accept the way the OBC system is. My experience is that it won't change. So, with that being said, I am willing to continue reading and replying to your reviews and enjoy our "club" feeling.

[Chi Chiu Michael Mak]

I started 5 months ago. Pretty good ride. You'll get good scores if you nail the grammar part consistently.

To do so, use simple, short sentences. Complex, wordy sentences do nothing but set you up for more mistakes. Be wary of comma splices and errors related to commas before 'and' or 'but'. Grammar checkers aren't good at catching those.