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Originally Posted by Tarana
I would also remind you that Amazon has owned Goodreads for the last 3 years. Your assumption that the reviews are somehow different on Amazon vs. Goodreads is incorrect. Many of the reviews on Amazon COME from Goodreads without the direct permission of the Goodreads poster (it was added to the small print in the agreement after the purchase). Many users either left Goodreads or no longer post reviews for that reason.
I only post reviews when I accept a free book from an author or his/her agent on the agreement that I post a review after I have read the book. I post that to Amazon directly. Otherwise, it's a one or two sentence blurb for family members.
FWIW, Amazon ALSO owns Shelfari and a portion of Library Thing.
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I wasn't inferring that all Goodreads reviews were good or bad. Just that they aren't the only place that had worthless stuff.
I don't post reviews on Goodreads so I didn't know about the fine print.
And Amazon does have some worthless reviews.
They also have some funny ones.
One set comes from a cookbook.
It was titled something like "Great AMERICAN recipes".
The first recipe was from India, the second from Vietnam and the third from China.
All of the 5 star reviews said "this is the best book for AMERICAN food." There were 10 of those.
Nothing lower at that moment.
So yes worthless reviews.