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Originally Posted by HarryT
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.
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Often there is a
much better reason than that. Often the reviewer
IS the author, or his agent, or his publisher, or his sister, or a commercial review site/blog, etc etc. The level of deceit that is used is remarkable. I am thankful that none of the authors that I've seen do this have ever been on my to-read list.