Much gnashing of teeth has been heard recently from the bottom-feeders of the book publishing world, about the rather sensitive topic of Amazon reviews.
If you go to the trouble of setting up the review of a book you’ve read (whether on Amazon or elsewhere) your job is to give an honest opinion of it…
There have been several years of laughable scams – too many to document here but voici a few examples to refresh your memory:
Book publishing – scams are alive and well and living in the USA, part 1
Book publishing – scams are alive and well and living in the USA, part 2
Book publishing scams – three stinky examples
Although it took a while, Amazon finally lost its sense of humour a while ago, tightened up the regulations, and stopped allowing obviously fake reviews. No longer will people be able to get reviews from willing workers in countries where English is hardly spoken at all, members of their own family (using the same last name), one person with 18 Amazon accounts in fake names, etc. etc.
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