I got an email this morning from Amazon.co.uk inviting me to join their Amazon Vine program. The same program has existed on Amazon.com for a few months. If you haven’t already read about Amazon Vine, here is a quote from the email
As a member of this exclusive community, you’ll have free access to pre-release and new products, as well as the opportunity to be among the very first to review them.
So they want to offer me free pre-release books in exchange for me reviewing them. I’m okay with that (particularly if I can hold of the third book of The Green Rider series)! I am already registered for a similar program, LibraryThings’s Early Reviewers, but unfortunately it is not currently open to people in the UK so it is great to find a program I am eligible for.
Amazon Vine is an invitation only program so I’m chuffed to have been invitied; although I’m not completely sure if it is because I’m one of their top reviewers (ranked 2616) or because I buy from them on a regular basis.
However, I have done some reading about the Amazon.com version and it appears that thing haven’t gone completely smoothly, so I will see how it goes. I will let you know how it goes and hopefully provide you with reviews of new books.
My name is Kate Davis and I'm working towards a happier and successful life and this blog follows my journey. I work almost full time as an environmental consultant and project manager and I'm the mother to a beautiful two year daughter.
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Hi,
I’ve been invited to join Vine as well, it sounds a pretty good idea and I guess you can’t complain about something that’s free. Sounds like the US Vine program started off with books and a few CDs and now includes electrical items as well.
There’s even a Vine forum open, if you follow the link from your joining email and check out the bottom of the page. Hopefully see you there!
Hello Paul,
Thanks for the comment. I agree Vine sounds exciting, but it is frustrating that is hasn’t gone live yet. I keep having to check the date because the page keeps telling me to return on the 15th October. There are less than 6 hours left of today and no sign of the service arriving, perhaps not the best start.
Hi
I too have been selected for this. I have two products and some problems! Maybe you can help, perhaps having had more success than me. I can’t find a way to navigate through from the main site to the pages I need to post reviews and when I rang Amazon helpdesk this morning they spent half an hour and were totally unable to help me. curiously, nobody I spoke to knew anything about Amazon Vine, so it’s obviously a well kept secret. Also, the DVD I ordered doesn’t play properly on my dvd player, so all in all it’s going very well. Any ideas about how I get to the vine site/review pages?
Hello Katy,
It is exciting to have been invited to the program isn’t it? I have emailed you the web address so I hope this helps you access the site. So far I have received the DVD and I am still waiting for a book and a CD. I have only written book reviews before, so this could be an interesting challenge for me.