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Originally Posted by GraceKrispy
Is it just me, or does reviewing your own book seem, well, just wrong?
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Reviews are supposed to be from independent sources, not connected to the authors, so as to provide a fair and balanced critique of a work. (Not that it always is that, as we know... but it's supposed to be.) Simply put, the author can't do that... so their review is worthless.
Mind you, if they're using it like a back cover blurb, those are always biased towards the book. I suppose some people might be thinking of it that way, after all, not all sites give you many options about how you can put your book page together, and some might think of it as fair game.