Thursday, September 06, 2012

One-man band …

… RJ Ellory: detected, crime writer who faked his own glowing reviews - Telegraph. (Hat tip, Sarah Weinman.)

See also: Amazon Glitch Unmasks War Of Reviewers(Hat tip, Sarah Weinman.)


On the other hand: So much more than sock puppetry: in defence of reader reviews. (Hat tip, Dave Lull,)

1 comment:

  1. julie5:37 PM

    Wow...what a world of complaint...I think I have read more than once that "real" reviews are not immune from the long knives...and I kind of like the averaging that Amazon reviews can bring...and there is always google to provide a meta-set of reviews...(Although Frank I think some baseline good professional reviews would help Amamzon...have you asked them?)

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