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Originally Posted by SteveEisenberg
If Amazon wants me to give even the slightest credence to their customer reviews, here's what they can do:
-- Require all customer reviews to be signed with the review author's name and town.
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A lot of people are reluctant to use their real name.
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-- Only allow reviews by reviewers who have had packages successfully delivered to their name and address
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And there are a lot of helpful reviews (although perhaps more for devices rather than books) who bought things elsewhere.
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Getting back to the OP, has anyone mentioned that this crime author is published by a big six imprint?
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True. But it's not like he or his publisher bought 300 fake reviews. This guy did it himself, and kind of amateurishly.
Although I am surprised that someone as relatively successful as this author stooped to this level.
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The problem is with the Amazon review system, not with who is, or is not, the publisher.
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Yeah, I like that they're banning fake reviews; but it's obvious they need to do a little more. Maybe only allow authors to publish reviews under their own name.