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Originally Posted by David J. Guyton
Lente,
That's why it's so important to have reviews...so that readers can see what others think about the book.
The good ones will rise to the top because people end up writing reviews for them. You can also find reviews, info, keywords, etc. on amazon as most independent authors have paperbacks as well.
On another note, just because a book is published traditionally does NOT mean it's high quality. You can get garbage from any writer, independent or not.
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I don't disagree with the importance of review, only that I rarely write one and that is probably more than most other people. The difficulty is getting people the write reviews or even rate books.
The good ones may rise to the top, but only if there are at least a few people who read it first and write reviews about it. And even than, I'm generally suspicious of books with only two very good reviews. 25 reviews with a good average is more like what I want to see.
Reviews on amazon is good, but takes an effort from the customer. It needs to be all on one page. If not, who is to know if the customer even makes the effort to search for the reviews on amazon?
I agree, even if a book is published traditionally you don't know if it's really good, BUT the chance of it being so is higher than with the non-traditional way of publishing. Don't you agree?