E-book Reviews Gone Insane

[Doug Pardee]

I wish I could say that this is an April Fools joke, but it's not.

Over at B&N, people are writing 1-star reviews for the sci-fi novel God's War because it's currently available for free as an e-book and the reviewers don't read sci-fi.
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Gods-W ... 1597803007

[Margo]

OMG, how sad. This book rating is down to one half star based on crap ratings from people who didn't even bother to read the book. Instead of going to the forum to tell B&N that they don't read this genre and don't want it as the free weekly ebook, they are all giving the book a bad rating and posting complaints about the book being chosen when they don't like sci-fi. Tanking a book you didn't read because you're mad at B&N for giving it to you for free???

I feel so bad for this author.

[Guardian]

And again the "anonymous" reviews what about I already written in another thread. This sounds me as unethical business race between big publishers and small ones, where the small one, Night Shade Publisher in this case and their product is the victim, because thanks to the ebook publishing, they're capable to boost their sales with one day free sales, something what big publishers can't do. Review sites should forget these "reply anonymous" options, otherwise big corporations are going to use it against small ones as most one star reviews and trolling are used to come from "writer for hire" paid reviewers.

Also thanks for the link. At least I know what should I read in the next days.