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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: 0.868s | 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. bell-cot ◴[25 Jun 25 13:13 UTC] No.44376947[source]▶
> There's a lot of money in movies. But books?

Generally less money, yes. But not all motives are financial. And there are loads of conflict, drama, and emotions in many parts of the writing world.

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2. ableal ◴[25 Jun 25 13:26 UTC] No.44377084[source]▶
Spy Magazine in its time (mid 80s to mid 90s) had an amusing section titled "Logrolling in our time". Usually featuring mutually favorable blurbs by pairs of writers.
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3. reaperducer ◴[25 Jun 25 18:26 UTC] No.44380409[source]▶
Well, now there are two people who remember Spy.

I wish there was a modern equivalent.

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4. anotheruser13 ◴[27 Jun 25 01:31 UTC] No.44393059{3}[source]▶
Make that three! I'd vote for a modern equivalent, too.