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RJ Ellory, Author, Caught Writing Fake Amazon Reviews For Books
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INFORM • INSPIRE • ENTERTAIN • EMPOWER. GPS for the Soul. GPS for the Soul. Don't Stress the Mess. The Power Of Humanity. What's Working: Purpose Profit. What's Working: Small Businesses. RJ Ellory, Author, Caught Writing Fake Amazon Reviews For Books. 09/04/2012 01:26 pm ET. Sep 04, 2012. Bestselling, award-winning crime author R.J. Ellory has been caught faking Amazon reviews for both his own books and the books of his competitors. Ellory was caught writing the fake Amazon reviews. He noticed that one ...
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No More Sock Puppets (Fake Book Reviews) –IBPA’s View | IBPA-Publishing's Independent Voice
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IBPA-Publishing's Independent Voice. Views and News from IBPA, Independent Book Publishers Association. Laquo; IBPA at ALA 2012–“Independent publishers have the most unique product”. No More Sock Puppets (Fake Book Reviews) –IBPA’s View. The Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA) respects the value of book reviews to the publisher, author and reader and urges independent publishers, self publishers and authors to ethically pursue both traditional and online reviews. New York Times,. For a 50-word...
barryeisler.blogspot.com
The Heart of the Matter: Are You Now, Or Have You Ever Been, A Sock Puppet?
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The Heart of the Matter. Monday, September 10, 2012. Are You Now, Or Have You Ever Been, A Sock Puppet? Last week, I wrote a post ( "And Why Beholdest Thou The Mote In Thy Brother's Eye? About No Sock Puppets Here Please. The argument against purchased reviews and sock puppetry, as I understand it, goes more or less like this:. If customers learn that deception is part of the online customer review system, they will lose trust in the system. If they stop using the system, everyone suffers. The first prem...
mjpullen.blogspot.com
Doll Hair Doesn't Grow Back: Sock Puppets and Ethics
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Doll Hair Doesn't Grow Back. Incessant ramblings and occasional life lessons by author and mom, M.J. Pullen. It's what I do when I'm not looking for my keys. Wednesday, September 5, 2012. Sock Puppets and Ethics. In this scenario, I am totally the cardiologist who smokes and eats cheeseburgers. Sometimes you forget to apply your professional knowledge to your own life. Life is pain, Highness. Anyone who says differently is selling something.". Oh, wait. I am selling something. But I digress. And, in the ...
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“Sock puppet” Amazon reviews in the news | BOOKWISE
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8220;Sock puppet” Amazon reviews in the news. September 4, 2012. Posted by mplibrary in Uncategorized. Can we believe online reviews? In the UK, authors have been outed posing as fictitious characters, writing 5-star reviews of their own books and trashing other writers’ books. RJ Ellory and Stephen Leather have admitted to posing as ordinary readers to write glowing reviews for themselves while giving one star to their supposed competitors. Links to several articles about the subject:. Get every new pos...
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e-books.nl | Alles over e-Bookse-books.nl | Alles over e-Books
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Gratis ebooks business model helaas mislukt. FlatWorldKnowledge levert wereldwijd al gedurende vijf jaar gratis ebooks aan studenten van ruim 2.000 scholen. Niet in de vorm van downloads, maar als online te gebruiken versies. Het idee achter deze service was dat studenten de fysieke versies van deze studieboeken dan eveneens bij FlatWorldKnowledge zouden aanschaffen. Al is het jammer dat dit model niet gelukt is, het nieuwe “ from free to fair. Gratis ebook Windows 8 (alleen wel Engelstalig). Met Windows...
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GoodReads Follies: September 2012
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Snark, hypocrisy, flame wars.we got it. The Skinny on Us. Friday, September 7, 2012. Wise Words from Professional Authors. Just today we've read two blog posts (plus comments) by professional authors that accurately reflect one of the main reasons for our dislike for the actions of what we've labeled the GR Reviewer Brigade. They've said it better than we ever could. On Tuesday, Joe Konrath. Wrote a post called Writer's Code of Ethics. Later in the comments, in response to another poster, Joe says. Barry...