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Originally Posted by ficbot
Then I wish you would start posting reviews or start a blog or something, as there is a real dearth of places to get honest reviews. People either only post about a good one (and never about the bad ones) or they are shilling for one specific author or book,
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I kind of wonder about this... I have rated all the smashwords books I've read on the site. So many times I have an idea of how I'm going to rate them, go to the page, and see only 5 star reviews. I feel like a party-pooper posting a 3 star review. Then I follow the links to the other reviewers' pages and notice they are fawning over every single book read. Then it makes me think- do people want honest reviews? How much do I trust the review of someone who has rated every book extremely favorably? Is smashwords really meant to be a "rah-rah" site where we encourage indie authors, without being honest about our feelings about their work?
Some things I think about
