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Originally Posted by haydnfan
That doesn't work anymore. I know, I used to do that. But now people buy paid reviews to make their books look like many people are reading and enjoying them.
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I think you can usually tell the paid reviews from the real ones. Some reviews just sound like sound bites from someone who skipped the book. Others sound like someone actually read it.
I think if you read enough reviews, the fake ones will pop out at you.
Also, don't discount the 1 star reviews. I've found some good books based on 1 stars, because what one person hates, I love.
The fake reviewers also tend to be all over the place, but a person who's really into a genre will have a lot of reviews in that genre. So that helps to point them out as well.