[DiapDealer]

I hate one-star book reviews based on price alone. Even if you consider the interpreted "value" of your purchase to be valid criteria in a book review... it's certainly not the only criteria. Where's the rest of the review? I'd have absolutely no problem with a valid one-star review based on a reader's enjoyment of the book compared to the price they payed for it: "The book was great! I loved the characters but the price was ridiculous." Or; "I hated the story, the characters, and the price." But nobody's doing that, the one-star reviewers are cherry-picking the easy beef. Give a complete review and there will be no issue. Surely that's not too much to ask?

You can't accurately determine "value" when you haven't examined all the criteria yet.

I know why they're doing it. And I agree with the intent... I just don't think a book review is the proper place for it. And even though I'm a regular Amazon customer, I hate Amazon for tacitly encouraging the one-star review while holding up their hands to the publishers and saying "Wasn't us. Talk to those guys!"

So to recap:
1) I hate the book review system being turned into an angry peasant mob with pitchforks and torches
2) I hate Amazon for giving the misguided campaign their silent blessing
3) I hate publishers for forcing an ebook seller into a position where they would allow users to bastardize the book review system for their own political leverage.

Shame on everybody.