They say you can't judge a book by its cover but, as a system of finding good stuff to read, it sure beats reading reviews. Almost every book on amazon has end

They say you can't judge a book by its cover but, as a system of finding good stuff to read, it sure beats reading reviews. Almost every book on amazon has endless 4/5 star reviews, obviously written by professional writers. It's likely no coincidence that a lot of best-selling books (in the UK, at least) are now authored by people a who are already famous for something other than writing.