Post by ahpellett on Nov 6, 2012 8:40:42 GMT -8
I could not find the old thread on Amazon reviews that have disappeared, so I'm starting this new one.
I just read an article, published in the LA Times on Nov 2nd, which adds some interesting new twists to the issue. You can read it here. pwne.ws/RN17MK or www.latimes.com/features/books/jacketcopy/la-et-jc-why-is-amazon-deleting-writers-reviews-of-other-authors-books-20121102,0,7028228.story if that first link didn't work.
I've got a suggestion which might be a nice work around for the issues the article introduces. What would you guys think of a review template that included a set of boxes the reviewer must complete that promotes "a reviewer's full disclosure" e.g., financial interest, paid for the review, friend of the author, acquaintance, review-in-kind, etc. (or the opposite, where one checks they are none of these)?
I just read an article, published in the LA Times on Nov 2nd, which adds some interesting new twists to the issue. You can read it here. pwne.ws/RN17MK or www.latimes.com/features/books/jacketcopy/la-et-jc-why-is-amazon-deleting-writers-reviews-of-other-authors-books-20121102,0,7028228.story if that first link didn't work.
I've got a suggestion which might be a nice work around for the issues the article introduces. What would you guys think of a review template that included a set of boxes the reviewer must complete that promotes "a reviewer's full disclosure" e.g., financial interest, paid for the review, friend of the author, acquaintance, review-in-kind, etc. (or the opposite, where one checks they are none of these)?
