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Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8
A couple of thoughts prompted by good things said in a couple of recent posts . . . .
1) More of an observation than anything else . . . someone spoke of a large number of "5's" appearing for a book, just shortly after it was released. I saw a book the other day which had 4 or 5 "5's"_on the very day that it was released_! Now that's getting a little too brazen [understatement for the purpose of emphasis], if you ask me!
2) On my wish list list for Christmas: that someone would compile all of the red flags, concerning bogus posts, that MobileReaders have mentioned in the last few days, and then post them in a relevant forum > subforum > thread.  |
Some reviewers get advanced copies specifically so that there will be reviews on on or near release. I think amazon used to allow pre-release reviews, but no longer does.
The good reviewers will mention this and the reviews will be thoughtful and well written and they probably have a high reviewer rating. things have deteriated enough that the spam reviews can drown out the good reviews, but a day of release review is not in itself a bad sign. Newspapers and magazines have had reviews around release since forever.