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- Fake Amazon Tech Book Reviews Are Hurting My Book http://blogs.perl.org/users/ovid/2015/03/fake-amazon-book-reviews-are-hurting-my-book.html 117 comments
- Hey Reddit: Sean Hannity's new book, "Conservative Victory" has over 30 falsehoods, smears and distortions. Let's Amazon-Review-Bomb his book with negative reviews so that this piece of trash doesn't get any more money off of Lies! http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=utf8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Freview%2F0062003054%3Fie%3Dutf8%26ref_%3Dsr%5F1%5F1%5Fcm%5Fcr%5Facr%5Ftxt%26showviewpoints%3D1%26qid%3D1271624933%26sr%3D8-1&tag=chambook-20&linkcode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957 23 comments politics
- I visited the Amazon Books store in Seattle. This is my review, /r/books. http://programmingzen.com/2016/02/10/a-review-of-the-amazon-books-store/ 15 comments books
- Woman Who Reviewed 31,000 Books on Amazon Dies http://motherboard.vice.com/read/woman-who-reviewed-31000-books-on-amazon-dies 517 comments books
- Are Amazon's top reviewers only in it for the free books? http://www.slate.com/id/2182002/nav/tap3/ 2 comments reddit.com
- Amazon reviews misleading book buyers https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/apr/05/amazon-shoppers-misled-by-bundled-product-reviews 55 comments books
- Detecting Fake Amazon Book Reviews http://greyenlightenment.com/detecting-fake-amazon-reviews/ 68 comments books
- Searching for a C book on Amazon and found this review... http://www.amazon.com/programming-c-3rd-ebook/product-reviews/b002lggjis/ref=cm_cr_dp_hist_1?ie=utf8&showviewpoints=0&filterby=addonestar 29 comments technology
- BEST AMAZON BOOK REVIEW EVER ! http://www.amazon.com/gp/cdp/member-reviews/a1azoj3f0zrbfc?ie=utf8&sort_by=mostrecentreview 3 comments reddit.com
- Amazon review for one of Jordan Belfort's books https://www.reddit.com/r/wallstreetbets/comments/8vau0o/amazon_review_for_one_of_jordan_belforts_books/ 6 comments wallstreetbets
- Fake Amazon Book Reviews Are Hurting My Book http://blogs.perl.org/users/ovid/2015/03/fake-amazon-book-reviews-are-hurting-my-book.html 604 comments books
- Fake Amazon Book Reviews Are Hurting My Book http://blogs.perl.org/users/ovid/2015/03/fake-amazon-book-reviews-are-hurting-my-book.html 4 comments perl
- Amazon is deleting reviews of a controversial book about Donald Trump https://qz.com/1172944/michael-wolffs-fire-and-fury-amazon-amzn-is-deleting-customer-reviews/ 5 comments politics
- Amazon bends to China, deletes negative reviews on Xi's book https://komonews.com/news/nation-world/amazon-bends-to-chinas-propaganda-arm-deletes-negative-reviews-on-xis-book-report-says-jinping-jeff-bezos-chinese-communist-propaganda-ebook-store-xi-ratings 92 comments moderatepolitics
- Amazon appears to delete over 900 reviews of Hillary Clinton's book http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/09/14/amazon-appears-delete-900-reviews-hillary-clintons-book-amid/ 11 comments worldnews
- Amazon Book Reviews (by someone who hasn't read the books!) - Hilarious http://www.amazon.com/gp/cdp/member-reviews/a23664px3vilks/ref=cm_cr_auth/103-5626492-0754242?%5Fencoding=utf8 49 comments reddit.com
- Amazon agreed to allow only five-star reviews for Xi’s book in China https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/amazon-agreed-to-scrub-poor-reviews-of-xi-on-chinas-site-7tzgjhmt6 1690 comments technology
- Amazon just deleted over 900 reviews of Hillary Clinton’s new book https://qz.com/1076357/hillary-clintons-what-happened-amazon-just-deleted-over-900-reviews-of-hillary-clintons-new-book/ 109 comments politics
- Fake Amazon reviews have chilling effect on programming books http://blogs.perl.org/users/ovid/2015/03/fake-amazon-book-reviews-are-hurting-my-book.html 40 comments programming
- Who else feels that professional reviewers have ruined customer's ability to trust Amazon's book reviews? http://www.amazon.com/gp/pdp/profile/a14ojs0vwmoswo/ref=cm_cr_pr_pdp 3 comments reddit.com
- Nancy Pelosi Had Over 100 BAD Reviews of Her Failed Book Disappear From Amazon's Site Yesterday! http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2008/08/pelsoi-scrubs-b.html 14 comments politics
- What’s the real story behind all the negative reviews Barkha Dutt’s book is receiving on Amazon? http://www.newslaundry.com/2015/12/17/whats-the-real-story-behind-all-the-negative-reviews-barkha-dutts-new-book-is-receiving-on-amazon/ 6 comments india
- There are many fake reviews on Amazon trying to lower the reputation of a book critical of US telcos. http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130722/17503523891/telco-astroturfing-tries-to-bring-down-reviews-susan-crawfords-book.shtml 1065 comments technology
- China Ordered Amazon to Delete Reviews of Xi Jinping’s Book, Reuters Reports https://finance.yahoo.com/news/china-ordered-amazon-delete-reviews-022215012.html 263 comments technews
- Inside the world of Amazon Vine book reviewers: how I ended up with a mailbox full of dog poo http://www.theguardian.com/money/2014/oct/22/amazon-vine-book-reviews-blogging 18 comments books
- Lone Star Statements: Excerpts from actual one-star Amazon reviews of classic books http://www.themorningnews.org/archives/reviews/lone_star_statements.php? 2 comments reddit.com
- 5 Star (!) Rating for "L. Ron Hubbart: Dianetics (Scientology) on Amazon - Redditors, I think this book needs some more accurate reviews http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=utf8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fdianetics-modern-science-mental-health%2Fdp%2F088404632x%3Fie%3Dutf8%26s%3Dbooks%26qid%3D1202713584%26sr%3D8-1&tag=chinanetinves-20&linkcode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325 235 comments reddit.com
- Newt Gingriches reviews on amazon... Top 1000 review. Guy reads a butload of books must be nice. http://www.amazon.com/gp/cdp/member-reviews/a27wfyw9zj5dn1/ref=cm_pdp_reviews_see_all/105-2070188-5125208?ie=utf8&sort%5Fby=mostrecentreview 8 comments reddit.com
- LMAO Amazon removed all product ratings from its website in China after Xi Jinping's book received a less-than-5-stars review. https://www.reuters.com/world/china/amazon-partnered-with-china-propaganda-arm-win-beijings-favor-document-shows-2021-12-17/ 23 comments stallmanwasright
- Special Report: Amazon partnered with China propaganda arm. (Less than five star reviews removed on Xi's book.) https://www.reuters.com/world/china/amazon-partnered-with-china-propaganda-arm-win-beijings-favor-document-shows-2021-12-17/ 1082 comments books
- Amazon removing book reviews if they think the reviewer knows the author, or has met the author, has followed them on twitter, has liked their facebook page... http://imysantiago.com/2015/07/02/amazon-a-virtual-marketplace-or-big-brother/ 28 comments books
- Looking for book reviewers on Amazon for my new published webcomic book. I have 4 to give out for free, PM me with the reasons why you wanna review it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?amp%3Bfeature=c4-overview&%3Blist=UULNx637ltD8sjW-45ZtlYxA&v=K21IFvDwL3o 5 comments books
- Best Book Reviews Money Can Buy -- Man opens website offering to write paid book reviews online. Two years later he's making $28,000 a month, pumping up writers' Amazon ratings. Reviews "have to be somewhere between enthusiastic and ecstatic" http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/26/business/book-reviewers-for-hire-meet-a-demand-for-online-raves.html?_r=4&pagewanted=all 6 comments business
- Heed my warning, math majors looking into grad school(see the review on the Amazon page for details): this book is GARBAGE!! I really hope my parents can get their money back... http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/b005j4foi0/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp_sr_2?pf_rd_p=486539851&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=1609718593&pf_rd_m=atvpdkikx0der&pf_rd_r=1grxqnamxnp6j10vekbv 26 comments math
- Stephen King's publisher decides to sell the Kindle edition of his new book for more money than the hardcover copy; hilarity ensues in the Amazon product reviews http://www.amazon.com/full-dark-no-stars-ebook/product-reviews/b003yuc3ye 3 comments reddit.com
- The professor, his wife, and the secret, savage book reviews on Amazon 'An extraordinary literary "whodunnit" over the identity of a mystery reviewer who savaged works by some of Britain's leading academics on Amazon http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2010/apr/18/amazon-orlando-figes-books 4 comments books
- The Anti-Hillary Clinton Camp Has Already Hijacked Amazon Reviews of Her New Book http://fortune.com/2017/09/12/hillary-clinton-book-amazon-review/ 30 comments politics
- This book is even better than Random Walk as a reminder not to trust market analysts' hype. (Or you could save a bill and just read the Amazon reviews.) http://www.amazon.com/dow-2008-different-this-time/dp/1893958701/ref=sr_1_1?ie=utf8&qid=1328040478&sr=8-1 5 comments investing
- Andrew Wakefield, the guy who published the first article linking autism to vaccines has writtena book! Care to fill in some correct tags or reviews on Amazon? http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/isbn=1616081694/ 15 comments science
- Amazon flooded with reviews mocking anti-gay, anti-abortion, climate change skeptic Cory Bernardi's and his book The Conservative Revolution http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/amazon-flooded-with-reviews-mocking-cory-bernardis-book-the-conservative-revolution-20140107-30f4e.html 183 comments worldnews