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Originally Posted by library addict
I downloaded a free book which was self-published. When I added it to Calibre, the metadata came pre-rated with 5 stars 
Is this some new trend with self-published authors? I find it very off putting  |
I've noticed that too and agree that it is off putting. The other thing I've observed is having 8 billion tags pre-filled. I'm a minimal tagger so this ends up being more annoying to me than the rating, which is only one thing to delete.
Probably some popular but ill-conceived marketing advice.