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August 26, 2008

Would I Lie To You?

JanetLetters of Opinionbloggers / bloggers-rights / Ethics / Ethics in Reviewing / Reader Reviews / review blogs82 Comments

more animals Do you remember the movie "Election," with Reese Witherspoon and Matthew Broderick? In the first scene Mr. McAllister asks his high school class about the difference between ethics and morals. Ironically, of course, the one student who eagerly attempts to answer the question is also the one who ... more >

June 13, 2008

A Little Family Spat Plays Itself Out in the Amazon Reviews

JanePublishing NewsAmazon / Memoirs / Reader Reviews6 Comments

Usually when Amazon reviews are penned by the family members, it is done so with the intent to bolster star rankings but maybe the most effective Amazon reviews are ones that generate controversy which in turns stir booksales. According to GalleyCat, Rachel Sontag wrote a memoir, House Rules, about growing ... more >

May 29, 2008

What is the value of authorial endorsements?

JaneLetters of OpinionAmazon / Janet Evanovich / Reader Reviews67 Comments

In this political season, the candidates have received endorsements from people that they have had to “reject and denounce*”. The Good, The Bad, and the Unread, featured a promo for the September release of Double Enchantment by Kathleen Kennedy which is the second book in her Relics of Merlin series. ... more >

May 24, 2008

Barnes & Noble Engaged in Deleting Reviews

JanePublishing NewsAmazon / Janet Evanovich / Reader Reviews / reviews13 Comments

SB Sarah got a heads up from a Janet Evanovich fan that early reviews were disappearing from the Barnes and Noble site. Of course, the only deleted reviews were the negative ones. Google cache which preserves snapshots of past versions of a webpage showed at least two negative reviews that ... more >

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