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message 1: by Sabrina (new)

Sabrina (forebodinq) | 62 comments I think something you are missing is that Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ is more a form of social media than a professional reviewing platform.


message 2: by Sabrina (last edited Aug 23, 2015 07:47PM) (new)

Sabrina (forebodinq) | 62 comments Is the rating itself not comment enough? As I'm sure you know, hovering over the stars will show you that 1 star means the reader didn't like the book and 5 stars means the reader thought the book was amazing.
There are plenty of books I have read that I have enjoyed for no reason other than the way they made me feel - something that can be hard to put into words, not to mention to explain, for other people.

Being part of Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ shouldn't require that you review every single book you read. It's more for people to track the books they have read and find more books to read. A rating is a simple way for a person to keep track of how they felt about a book, and if they don't want to write a review, so what? It's their own decision.

I understand this could be a difficult thing for some authors, but really, Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ shouldn't be the primary source of meaningful reviews. Amazon or other places that are more about reviewing should take that place.


message 3: by Dennis (new)

Dennis Maley It seems like to me the most important statistic is the number of reviews, in other words, a book with a thousand reviews is likely to be a better book than one with 5 5-star reviews. I don't think Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ readers pay much attention to what the reviews say, and authors aside, I don't know who does. I might be wrong. A high rating at Amazon is evidently the key to getting a slot with Bookbub. I don't know who else cares.

I don't go out of my way to post reviews except for friends. I'm not really that crazy about putting my reading portfolio on line for the paranoids to look at.


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