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Originally Posted by gmw
It could even be as I suggested earlier: all these 1-star reviews have drawn attention to the book, so it sells more and those that actually do like it feel obliged to offer their review. I wondered if Amazon may be leaving things as they because it was a benefit to them. That's one of the difficulties of protests made from a position of ignorance, you never quite know when your protests are having the opposite effect to the one you wanted.
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I've realized that when I am looking through books on Amazon, a huge review-count will catch my eye as much or more than the star average.
1-star price protesters crank up the review numbers without saying anything bad about the novel itself, possibly drawing attention to the book and the positive content reviews, while maybe even drowning out negative content reviews. The publisher could be loving this.
Or not. Either way, the ebook is #1 on NYT last I checked.