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Authors hit by bad reviews on Goodreads before review copies are even circulated

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97 points healsdata | 2 comments | 25 Jun 25 11:35 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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rurban ◴[25 Jun 25 12:06 UTC] No.44376325[source]▶
Frequent experience with movies also. letterboxd is rife with ratings on movies, which didn't pre-screen at all yet. Most of them by paid shills. A24 being the worst, but Warner also amongst them. And lb fails to hit them.

Same on IMDB, and even Rotten Tomatoes. There's a lot of money in movies. But books?

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1. hobs ◴[25 Jun 25 12:08 UTC] No.44376339[source]▶
Right, but those are positive reviews.
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2. rurban ◴[25 Jun 25 12:21 UTC] No.44376449[source]▶
No, sometimes they are also brigading competitors. Lot's of 0 star ratings also en masse.