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Old 02-13-2014, 11:16 AM   #27
fjtorres
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
I'm not talking about that. I'm talking about the practice of giving a book 5* reviews merely on its announcement, for no better reason than that the reviewer likes the author. There's at least one of the book sites, and I can't remember which one it is - it may be goodreads or it may be a different one - on which this practice is widespread.
Worse ones, too.
Once you start crowd sourcing you take the good with the bad.
Doesn't mean the bad makes the good worthless.
All it means is CAVEAT EMPTOR applies there, too.
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