Harriet The Online Book Reviewer
from the the-power-of-book-reviews dept
I have to admit that, these days, before I buy just about any book I check out the user reviews at Amazon.com. I know that not all of them are legit (I've heard from authors that their friends and family members have gotten good at writing up Amazon reviews for them...), but it often does give me a good sense of what type of book it is, and what type of readers seem to like it (or dislike it). I've never written a review for Amazon, though, and I never really thought about who these people are. Wired has an article looking at just what sort of person writes online book reviews. They also look at some of the other sites (beyond Amazon) that provides amateur book reviews.
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Writes two reviews a day???
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Re: Writes two reviews a day???
Though, I do have a friend who seems to average about a book every other day. But, still... it's a good point.
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