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Old 12-05-2010, 02:35 PM   #64
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Originally Posted by Kali Yuga View Post
As to sorting it out, I say let the "crowds" do it. AFAIK, on Amazon different published versions of a PD work get their own sales rankings and reviews. For example, there are multiple PD versions of Plato's Republic. One costs $0 and gets 3 1/2 stars; another is $1.99 and has 4 1/2 stars, and part of this discrepancy is the formatting.
This would work if Amazon didn't merge reviews from several different editions of a work.

Sometimes this is what you want — if it's a review of the contents. But when it's a review of the formatting it's very bad.
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