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Originally Posted by bhartman36
As others have noted, ratings are permanent. This means that even if an e-book's price goes from $16 to 99 cents, the one-star review stays. So that punishes an author permanently for a problem that a) wasn't their decision, and b) wasn't permanent.
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So what? Let the author take it up with the publisher then. Typos and bad formatting might not be the author's fault either, and might be corrected after a review is posted, but reviews complain about those, too.
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Secondly, because the reviews are overall reviews, rather than segmented into different aspects of the book, a reader looking at the reviews comes to the conclusion, "Hey, this book must suck", rather than "This book must be priced too high". So aside from being unfair, it's inaccurate to post a one-star review on a book when you're only analyzing one aspect of the product.
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Again, so what? I could argue that this is a good thing, as if people don't buy, that's more pressure on the publisher to adjust pricing.
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Reviewers should at least be required to divide their reviews into price and content. That would give an accurate reflection of the work.
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I really am not concerned that a bunch of one-star reviews are going to hurt the author's tender feelings. In any case, the reviews state why they are one-star--price, not content.