Regarding Robert Stanek, for a full report on him, I suggest reading this highly researched report on the spam he's been spreading about himself and his books, located here:
http://conjugalfelicity.com/robert-stanek/
One interesting fact is that nearly 200 5-star reviews disappeared from Amazon. According to the article, there are two ways this can happen:
1) The reviewer deletes his or her review
2) Amazon deletes the reviews.
As the author comments, "what are the odds that 200 authors would all get online and simultaneously decide to delete their glowing review of one specific book within about a week of each other?" The reporter says that #1 is a highly unlikely scenario, and concludes that more than likely the answer lies with #2. This would only happen, he adds, if Amazon's terms and conditions were violated. In other words, Stanek created over 200 sock puppets to promote his own books and then gave them 5-star reviews
I found this investigative report (for there is no other way to think about it, in my opinion), to be highly researched and as entertaining as a good mystery novel.
I was tempted to download the Stanek title, but upon checking it out I found it to be horribly written and virtually unreadable. -- This is my opinion. I will not be downloading this free book.
Don
ADDED: From page one of the Report on Stanek:
“In prison, people like them usually get shanked.” – Robert Stanek, speaking about his critics