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It has been reported in several blogs (including this one) that Amazon has changed the way it ranks reviews. Harriet Klausner has been the number one reviewer at Amazon for several eons. (A year = one eon on the Internet.) And suddenly she has dropped from number one to number 442!
Do you think this will make a difference to writers? Will writers and publishers still want to send her as many ARCs? Will publishers still quote as many of her reviews on covers? Or will her reviews still be a good source of quotes? Will most writers and readers really care?
Also, will the "Harriet Stalkers" finally be happy? (That's my name for the people who started posting comments on HK's reviews, blogging about review problems at Amazon, etc.) FWIW the noisier of them lost their cred with me when their complaints became just as much about the genres she reviewed as about her reviews. God forbid someone might enjoy a paranormal romance or a thriller.
Do you think this will make a difference to writers? Will writers and publishers still want to send her as many ARCs? Will publishers still quote as many of her reviews on covers? Or will her reviews still be a good source of quotes? Will most writers and readers really care?
Also, will the "Harriet Stalkers" finally be happy? (That's my name for the people who started posting comments on HK's reviews, blogging about review problems at Amazon, etc.) FWIW the noisier of them lost their cred with me when their complaints became just as much about the genres she reviewed as about her reviews. God forbid someone might enjoy a paranormal romance or a thriller.