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Originally Posted by kennyc
I'm not looking for examples, you claimed
"Many titles have almost all (>90%) fake reviews. "
I don't believe it unless you have facts to support that statement.
And first define what "Many" means.
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Many as in more than a few. The 90% refers to the percentage of reviews per indie title. Not the number of samples. Sorry if that was confusing.
And by fake I mean not written by the author, friends, family, for hire or profit.
As for proof, each person will have their own experiences and reach their own conclusions. For me (your quote of mine) is how I see it. Today there are 497 free titles added to Amazon and I looked at over 200 of them most with average of 4-5 stars. I don't look at erotica or spiritual/Christian titles. I do this daily hoping to find the next Hugh Howey or Shayne Parkinson. I guess I'm a sucker for titles that receive 34 out of 36 5-stars but am almost always disappointed when I see all the "Harriet Klausners" and similar reviewing. I read samples first if there are no or few reviews.
As for actual studies, the one I remember was that somewhere around 85% of Amazon top reviewers/respondents were compensated and 88% gave positive reviews. I think this is it.
http://paidcontent.org/2011/06/24/41...azons-reviews/
I wish the system was better. People are buying books and short stories based on reviews and become disappointed with their purchase. This does not help the indie writer.