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Originally Posted by Hitch
Yes.
Yes. I suspect most people aren't quite as...let's say, cynical as I am, about Amazon reviews. Or Amazon reviewers, for that matter. You seriously going to tell everyone here that you've never noticed a dearth of gray matter, in book reviews? Come on, please.
I was a paid, commercial book reviewer, a while back. Now, no...nobody reading Amazon's reviews would know that--but I know how to write a review and I damn-sure know how to write one that's scathing.
Hitch
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I will say that your argument is less than convincing. I could fertilize my garden with it (if I had a garden and cared to fertilize).
In the end, you are arguing that you should be able to read for free and pay only for those you like. That is an argument pirates occasionally use and is a surprising attitude coming from someone in the book biz.
Incidentally, I don't remember seeing an answer (and if I missed it, I do apologize): Do you walk out of a theater demanding a refund if the movie you saw sucked? Did you return your copy of CCR's Mardi Gras after realizing there were only two good songs on it? In the days of paper books, were you in the habit of returning your half finished paper books, explaining your problems with structure or murkiness of themes to the cashier in order to justify your demand for a refund?