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Originally Posted by HarryT
Question: is it wrong to pay people to write unbiased reviews of a book? (It's against Amazon's TOS, but that's a different question).
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I would say "no"; I see nothing wrong with offering a payment, book discount or even a free copy (which is payment in the form of a gift) in exchange for a review. And again, it's not as if it's anything new to the industry. As always, establishing a lack of bias is always difficult, especially if the reviews are overwhelmingly positive (which just automatically raises the BS radar).
And thank you for alerting me that it is against Amazon's TOS... I know now not to try it myself.
--another lost promotional opportunity...