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Originally Posted by mr ploppy
Amazon should adopt Smashwords' policy of only allowing reviews if you have actually bought the item. What they have now is way too open to abuse.
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I absolutely agree. Amazon's review system is a joke - literally. There are blogs of people who just browse through Amazon leaving fake reviews.
I haven't actually run across any reviews of the samples, but I certainly wouldn't take them seriously if I had. The only reviews I even read are ones that are marked as "Amazon verified purchaser".
It certainly takes a lot of nerve to write a review after reading the sample. Even after reading the book, I put much thought into it before writing a review knowing that people may base their decisions on it.