Amazon suing fake reviewers

nottelling
Mon, 19 Oct 2015 18:41:52 +0000

I don’t get the antipathy toward the Amazon Vine program. Many of the most thoughtful book reviewers on Amazon participate in the program, and, if, like me, you frequently read Amazon reviews, you begin to get a sense of the reviewers who share your sensibilities. And as you note, the Vine reviews are clearly marked. I’ve seen little evidence that a book’s ratings are thrown off by the reviewers’ having received advance review copies of the books.

Do you avoid professional book reviews in the New York Times, Washington Post and the New Yorker, too? You do realize that those publications receive advance review copies of the books they review, too, don’t you?