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I'm sorry to say that CoS Forums is going to shut down in the Summer, sometime around July. This isn't an early April Fools joke either.

The Forums have become quite expensive to run and manage. There's a lot (LOT) less traffic coming to the site these days as Harry Potter becomes less of a topical debate for people.

I held on for a while after the last film, wondering whether JK would announce anything surprising, but I find that even if she did it wouldn't serve to help the diminishing numbers on the site or my bank balance!

Myself, I've been absent a lot more in the past year as personal issues have taken over and I've had to work longer hours, to earn more money to keep the forums going as well as pay for things like rent, utilities and god knows what else.

Some of you will be sad and I'm sure others will be happy. I'm not doing this lightly and I could have closed the site last year but held off. I know this may upset some of you who've come to see this place as a haven with friends and I'm very sorry it has to go but I've kept this place going with money out of my own pocket for 10 years now and it's no longer financially viable to do so. Please understand that this is not an easy decision!

Some of you may wish to offer to help, to donate or even take on the site. Whilst I would listen to any suggestions, I will not accept donations as this would be unsustainable in the long-term. If you wanted to take on CoS, be aware that you would need to find $200 per month and to be honest with you all I'm not sure I'm prepared to let the site be taken over by anyone. I've created a thread for comments. The other staff know only as much as the above. There is no Plan B as far as they are concerned, so do not pester them for answers to questions. If they do not know, they are being totally honest.

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Old December 17th, 2009, 4:08 pm
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How not to deal with bad reviews
I you become a published writer, you will be reviewed and inevitably get some bad ones. Here is how not to react.

Currently on Amazon there is a thread where an author made the mistake of publically responding to a bad review. One thing lead to another...

From about page 16 the author claims that everyone who has posted has been reported to the FBI.

It's a trainwreck, but instructive.

http://www.amazon.com/review/R1BA0D6...&cdSort=oldest


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Re: How not to deal with bad reviews
Thanks for posting that. It was interesting. Wow.


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Re: How not to deal with bad reviews
Five one star reviews out of eight reviews, and it's still pretty high up on the sales ranking. Interesting. The author should just be happy about that.


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