This is so predictable. Yesterday the New York Times (free registration required) revealed that a whole host of authors have been posting positive reviews of their own books on Amazon anonymously.
Well, not any longer. Last week the Canadian version of the Amazon site inadvertently revealed the email addresses of all the anonymous reviewers on their site. This apparently lasted a whole week. Said one author:
"That anybody is allowed to come in and anonymously trash a book to me is absurd," said Mr. Rechy, who, having been caught, freely admitted to praising his new book, "The Life and Adventures of Lyle Clemens," on Amazon under the signature "a reader from Chicago." "How to strike back? Just go in and rebut every single one of them."
He gave his book five stars. chuckle
Posted by artandscience at February 15, 2004 09:40 PMI found this most entertaining.
Posted by: michael at February 16, 2004 02:31 PM