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> "Interesting that this doesn't apply to books. Is that market just vastly different?" Maybe people don't return books when they aren't happy with them? They
by strictnein 10y ago
> "Interesting that this doesn't apply to books. Is that market just vastly different?"
Maybe people don't return books when they aren't happy with them?
They don't care about fake book reviews anyways. I noticed a "Top 100" book reviewer was just writing the same exact review for every book they reviewed. Reported that and just got their standard "We're sorry you didn't like the review" response.
- malnourish 10y agoHmm, good point. Makes me wonder why that policy doesn't apply to video games then. Maybe it does. I wonder how useful the average person finds book reviews. Regardless, that's a shame about their response.
- gdulli 10y agoI was really pissed once when I got a Steve Alten book, it was terrible, then when I looked at the glowing 5-star reviews they were transparently written by him or a delegate. I've never returned a book before, but that time I wanted to do it out of principle.
- tedmiston 10y agoI sort by Top Critical and read those reviews instead. It seems to work pretty well to answer the question "Is this book not worth buying?" Or, if I'm not in a rush to read it, I just check out the book from the library first instead, then buy it only if I really really like it.