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Exposing the online review industry
'As online retailers increasingly depend on reviews as a sales tool, an industry of fibbers and promoters has sprung up to buy and sell raves for a pittance,' writes the New York Times.
Figes agrees to pay damages over negative Amazon reviews
Historian Orlando Figes has agreed to pay damages to rival authors whose books he reviewed negatively on Amazon.
On Fancy Goods this week
On our Fancy Goods blog this week: B Owen Baxter reviews Killing Richard Dawson (Robin Baker, Pantera Press); Deborah Crabtree reviews Taller When Prone (Les Murray, Black Inc.); Paula Grunseit review...
Figes confesses to negative Amazon reviews
Historian Orlando Figes has admitted that he is responsible for a series of negative reviews of other historians' books on Amazon.
Fancy Goods
New on the Fancy Goods blog this week: Q+A with Australian Booksellers Association conference speaker Richard Nash on ‘Publishing 3.0'; author interview with Maggie Joel on her new novel The Sec...
Inside the current issue: Reviewers' top picks
Among our reviewers' top picks of forthcomg titles reviewed in the April issue of Bookseller+Publisher magazine are: The Second-last Woman in England (Maggie Joel, Pier 9); Sunday's Kitchen: Food and ...
Inside the latest issue of Bookseller+Publisher magazine: read the review before the launch
Among the 33 adult and 26 children's titles reviewed pre-publication in the March issue of Bookseller+Publisher magazine are two books that have just been launched at Adelaide Writers' Week. Cli...
'Kirkus Reviews' saved by new owner
A new owner -- best known previously for his investment in sports teams and shopping centre developments -- has bought Kirkus Reviews and has promised to revive the magazine.
Iran blocks Goodreads
Iran has reportedly blocked access to book review and social networking website Goodreads in its latest crackdown on the internet.
Consumers punish publishers over Kindle delays with 1-star reviews
Online consumer reviews are influential, so the new trend of readers punishing publishers that delay ebook releases by bombarding their titles with one-star reviewsshould be of concern, as the linked ...
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