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Originally Posted by bhartman36
They're permanent marks against a book for what a) isn't the fault of the author (and thus, not the fault of the book), and
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OK, I have seen this a number of times in this thread, trying to stay out of this, but this argument and the sentiment behind it is BS.
It is the author's fault. No publisher has any rights to an author's work, and can not do anything with that work without the author's explicit permission. So, this is 100% the author's fault. Maybe they had pressure, or greed, or just a desire to have their work published that had them sign away the ability to do this. Maybe they believe this is how it should be done, so had no problem signing away the ability to manage it. Either way, it is in the end their right, and their responsibility, and their fault it is done the way it is.
Now, wrt the 1-star review. Amazon has said it is a valid review. People are basically telling others to not use the system in a valid way, just so their life isn't made a little harder in sorting them. I'm sorry, but I have no sympathy for those who want others to change valid behavior so their life isn't a little more difficult, especially when the others are using social speech to try and change corporate (and potentially government) behavior.
--Carl