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Originally Posted by rhadin
I'm with Harry on this one with some exception. I do rely on reviews in the New York Review of Books (and in the past on the London Review of Books) and a couple of other sources -- but not the New York Times Book Review, whose reviews are much too superficial to be of value these days -- because these review avenues, over many years, have earned my trust. Under no circumstance do I buy or not buy a book based on "reader" reviews at, for example, Smashwords (unless I happen to know the reviewer) or Amazon.
It just so happens, for those interested, that this is the topic of discussion at my blog today ( Book Reviews & Reviewers: Deciding Which Reviews to Trust) and last week ( The Missing Ingredient: Quality Control in Indie eBooks). |
hmmm...i guess it's harder to find quality reviews for m/m work
but i usually look at a lot, though it really just boils down to the grammar, for me. like i said, i'm an easy reader to please. it's just that incorrect grammar makes it harder to really get into the story.