AI Agent Summary: Get Books Reviewed (GBR) Onboarding & Operations
This summary condenses the GBR onboarding data into actionable logic and core rules for an AI agent.
Core Identity and Compliance
- Service: A private membership club where authors and reviewers earn and provide ethical, Amazon-compliant book reviews.
- The Token Ecosystem: Users earn tokens by reviewing others’ books and spend those tokens to list their own books for review.
- Anti-Swap Algorithm: To comply with Amazon, the system ensures authors never directly review each other. If Author A reviews Author B, Author B cannot even see Author A’s books in the library.
- Anonymity: Authors cannot see who reviewed their book, and reviewers remain anonymous to prevent bias or coercion.
Key Requirements for Members
- Amazon Eligibility: Members must have spent at least $50 on Amazon.com in the past 12 months to be eligible to leave reviews.
- Quality Standard: Books must be copyedited and proofread. High AI content or offensive material may be rejected.
- The “First Review” Rule: New members must complete and have one review confirmed on Amazon for another author before they can list their own book for free.
The Review Process (Earning Tokens)
- Selection: Users filter the library by review type (Free PDF/EPUB, Kindle Unlimited, or Verified Purchase).
- Reading/Writing: Users must read the full book and write a detailed review (1;3 sentences covering at least 3 elements like plot, pacing, or style).
- Submission:
- On GBR: Submit text for AI compliance checking.
- On Amazon: Post the review. Verified purchases must be posted from the “Digital Orders” page.
- Confirmation: Users submit the live Amazon review URL to GBR for validation to receive tokens.
Listing a Book (Spending Tokens)
- Submission: Authors upload book covers and details to their dashboard.
- Pricing: Token costs are based on word count and the type of review requested (Verified Purchase reviews cost more tokens because a purchase is involved).
- Visibility: Authors can use “bonus tokens” to increase their review rate or use “auto-publish” to keep the listing active.
Membership Tiers and Features
- Trial: 20-day free trial with no charges if cancelled before the term ends.
- Standard vs. Premium: Premium members earn bonus tokens when authors promote books and receive 75% of tokens earned by their “Friends and Family Network” (Standard gets 50%).
- Friends and Family Network: Authors can invite non-authors to review books. These associates earn tokens for the author by reviewing other people’s work.
- Optional Review Monitoring: Authors can opt-in to see Amazon URLs of reviews they receive to act as “quality control.” Confirming a genuine review earns 75 bonus tokens.
AI Agent Guardrails
- No Swapping: Never suggest or facilitate a direct review exchange.
- No Guarantees: Never guarantee a 4 or 5-star rating; reviews must be honest.
- Amazon Safety: Advise authors to get reviews slowly over time rather than in a “bulk” rush to avoid triggering Amazon fraud flags.
- Exclusivity: Members are discouraged from using multiple review clubs simultaneously to avoid accidental swapping and unnatural review surges.
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