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Originally Posted by MartinParish
We need some way to review Smashwords books or rate their quality so readers can tell the best from the rest.
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All you really need for that is to be able to follow the reviewer's other reviews. A good way to do this is to check out the reviews on books you've already read, and pay attention to who seems to have the same tastes as yours (or at least who reviews in such a way that you can guess how you'd feel).
Then you can pay attention to that reviewer's reviews over others. It's easier on Amazon, where you can actually find out what else the reviewer has reviewed. Goodreads is another place to find reviewers. As is Shelfari And of course, there will be more and more review blogs.
Of course, a lot of these aggregators (as well as Amazon and Google) are using sophisticated software to do this for you. They note what you rate, and who else rated it the same way, and make suggestions based on that. You can find some very interesting works you never would have realized you liked by checking out their recommendations.
But it only works if you rate a lot.
Camille