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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: 0.001s | 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. boesboes ◴[25 Jun 25 12:35 UTC] No.44376576[source]▶
How is that rellevant, this just show how broken reviews are. How much of a scamm it is
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2. npteljes ◴[25 Jun 25 15:30 UTC] No.44378452[source]▶
That is exactly why it's relevant! Positive sign of scammy behavior.