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Originally Posted by VydorScope
Right... but when you pull up book lists they often sort by rating.. so if there are 100 books with 5 star reviews, and you take that 1 book that has 1 5 star review and give it a four... then not only does it drop out of the top 100, it also goes to the bottom of the 4.5 star reviews since they sort by number of reviews often when reviews are equal.
So that means there is a MAJOR impact to your likelihood of even seeing the book, ever, just because I gave it a 4 star review. I have a hard time doing that to an author.
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I never browse by rating lists, though, and I imagine 90% of readers don't either. We look by price and popularity. A 4-star review will boost popularity in a way that a single 5-star will not. And price, well, you have no control over.
If there is more than 6 people on MR who buy their indie books purely based on a simple rating list, I'll eat my hat.
