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Originally Posted by neilmarr
Very, very bad form. I also don't like the idea of authors soliciting positive reviews from biased friends and family (which I know happens all the time). This latter ploy is harder to spot, but just as deplorable. Reviews should always be impartial and independent, otherwise they carry zero weight and even offer misleading advice under false pretences to lure innocent buyers. Neil
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I just looked at a book that had 4 five-star reviews. When I see things like that, I always check the reviewer's track record. These four individuals (or were they?) had one review each.... all for this book, all within 2 days of one another. That feels suspicious to me. There was one reviewer I recently looked up who had 3 reviews to her name...all talking about the (same) author as if she had never seen such fantastic books in her life! "XXX has done it again! What a fantastic book, blah blah" (no specifics, not sure the book was even read).
But back to the original topic; I'm glad I'm not alone in thinking authors reviewing and posting their own work is over the top.