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

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97 points healsdata | 4 comments | 25 Jun 25 11:35 UTC | HN request time: 0.684s | source
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saintblasphemer ◴[25 Jun 25 12:27 UTC] No.44376493[source]▶
Why is the book available for review on the site if review copies haven't yet been sent out? Isn't that just asking for trolling?
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1. Freak_NL ◴[25 Jun 25 12:30 UTC] No.44376529[source]▶
I guess authors and publishers do like being able to show that a certain title is forthcoming.
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2. bityard ◴[25 Jun 25 12:34 UTC] No.44376566[source]▶
Can they do that without allowing third party reviews before the publication date?
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3. nemomarx ◴[25 Jun 25 12:34 UTC] No.44376571[source]▶
And it lets people add it to reading list plans early etc. But you could probably have a read only entry with a countdown without enormous efforts?
4. bluGill ◴[25 Jun 25 13:48 UTC] No.44377319[source]▶
Sure, but that doesn't solve the problem. How things are makes the problem obvious. If they put a countdown everyone leaving bad reviews just waits until reviews open and then it becomes much harder to know it isn't an honest review as it is possible that they really read it.