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Lets say I give a new book a month. Is that enough time? I cannot say. I know when real ratings start to come in, unless they are replacing the rubbish ones, they won't matter until enough ratings come in and enough rubbish ones get replaced with real ones |
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I know not everyone gets books from Amazon, Audible, or Kindle eBooks from Overdrive. But something has to be done.
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Since MZB had passed away 15 years before her daughter went public, I doubt we will ever know the full truth. |
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12-18-2023, 09:09 AM | #56 | |
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Isn't this just a scootch overwrought? As an aside, I'm quite surprised that you advocate "solutions" that would only enhance Amazon's dominance. Is it really a good idea to give a priority to content purchased from Amazon? So much for the small bookseller, Kobo and so forth. |
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I think the bottom line is that "fixing" the ARC/early/fake reviews in any real way would make any book site more intrusive. I will not give up my privacy just to ensure that the reviews that I almost never read are legitimate.
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Why would I ignore the reviews of people whose tastes and/or inclinations I've become familiar with over the years? Even without knowing that info, I manage to glean value from anonymous Goodreads reviews/ratings. Sure, the useful ones don't magically fall from heaven to perch in front of my eyes or anything--but then again, I don't expect them to. **shrug**
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