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Originally Posted by Josieb1
I review books on Amazon, I post the same review as I do on Goodreads. I don't always buy my books at Amazon though, I buy at Allromance or the publisher direct so making reviews only for verified purchases would make me only be able to review a book if I bought it from Amazon. That's unfair to the authors and in a way makes Amazon a monopoly seller and in many ways it's already that  |
The problem is, though, that there's no way to distinguish your reviews from fake ones who are out to either promote their friend's book or to trash it for some reason. Verified reviews are more trustworthy in the sense that you know that the reviewer has at least bought the book.