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Originally Posted by HarryT
Paid reviews have ALWAYS been prohibited. I do think it's right that reviews by other authors should also be banned; there's just too great a likelihood of an author either "putting-down" a rival, or promoting a friend.
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Writers are readers too, and they're more likely to have an "informed" opinion on a book instead of either "ITS GRATE" or "IT SUX". There will almost certainly be some writers who swap good reviews, just as there are insecure writers who feel the need to trash a book they see as competition. But banning all writers from leaving reviews is just a silly knee-jerk reaction and won't make any difference at all to the number of fake reviews on Amazon.