Comments on: Amazon.com Sales Rankings and Book Reviews http://annbell.wordpress.com/2007/08/09/amazoncom-sales-rankings-and-book-reviews/ From Ann Bell Mon, 20 Apr 2009 00:08:07 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Ann Bell http://annbell.wordpress.com/2007/08/09/amazoncom-sales-rankings-and-book-reviews/#comment-29 Ann Bell Fri, 28 Dec 2007 13:04:49 +0000 http://annbell.wordpress.com/2007/08/09/amazoncom-sales-rankings-and-book-reviews/#comment-29 Reviews are an interesting phenomenon. They are extremely subjective. Readers of the same book can either love or hate the that book, yet so much of the marketing dollars rests on a single review. Reviews are an interesting phenomenon. They are extremely subjective. Readers of the same book can either love or hate the that book, yet so much of the marketing dollars rests on a single review.

]]> By: George Neiiendam http://annbell.wordpress.com/2007/08/09/amazoncom-sales-rankings-and-book-reviews/#comment-28 George Neiiendam Thu, 27 Dec 2007 20:03:07 +0000 http://annbell.wordpress.com/2007/08/09/amazoncom-sales-rankings-and-book-reviews/#comment-28 What do the numbers refer to? For example, on salesrankexpress.com, if you look up Paul Ekman's Telling Lies: Clues to Deceit in the Marketplace, Politics, and Marriage, you get a number of 385,531, Four Stars and a rating of 4.0. Please explain what 385,531 refrs to--ditto Four Stars and a rating of 4.0. Thank you for your kind help! George Neiiendam What do the numbers refer to? For example, on salesrankexpress.com, if you look up
Paul Ekman’s Telling Lies: Clues to Deceit in the Marketplace, Politics, and Marriage, you get a number of 385,531, Four Stars and a rating of 4.0. Please explain what
385,531 refrs to–ditto Four Stars and a rating of 4.0.

Thank you for your kind help!

George Neiiendam

]]> By: Norm Goldman http://annbell.wordpress.com/2007/08/09/amazoncom-sales-rankings-and-book-reviews/#comment-4 Norm Goldman Wed, 12 Sep 2007 18:42:48 +0000 http://annbell.wordpress.com/2007/08/09/amazoncom-sales-rankings-and-book-reviews/#comment-4 Great article Ann! As a contributor to Amazon reviews (I am in the top 754 reviewers) and Publisher & Editor of the book reviewing and author interviewing site Bookpleasures.com, I agree with you that some of the reviews posted on Amazon are not exactly reviews. Moreover, if the author or his or her friends are not happy with an honest review, a negative vote is posted. Some of our reviewers post on Amazon and to complete the review we also post interviews with the authors. These interviews are sometimes linked in Amazon's Amapedia. Thanks for your article. Norm, Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com Great article Ann! As a contributor to Amazon reviews (I am in the top 754 reviewers) and Publisher & Editor of the book reviewing and author interviewing site Bookpleasures.com, I agree with you that some of the reviews posted on Amazon are not exactly reviews.

Moreover, if the author or his or her friends are not happy with an honest review, a negative vote is posted.

Some of our reviewers post on Amazon and to complete the review we also post interviews with the authors. These interviews are sometimes linked in Amazon’s Amapedia.

Thanks for your article.

Norm, Publisher & Editor of Bookpleasures.com

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