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Old 05-17-2012, 10:58 AM   #52
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Originally Posted by fjtorres View Post
In short: relying on Amazon reviewers (hijinks and all) is *no worse* than relying on annointed "critics". And possibly better.
(shrug)
Not unreasonable...
...as long as the book has a reasonable number of reviews.

That is one of the "virtues" of the Prime Lending Library and promotional freebies: increased reads that might lead to added reviews and thus greater legitimacy for future buyers.
THIS.

I like to check out the Goodreads reviews. There tend to be more stars even if there aren't comments. In some cases I think it's just the customer "gut" feeling without the person having to explain themselves.

I don't think that prime lending necessarily leads to more reviews, but I could be wrong about how popular the program really is.
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