FAKE!
by Graham Murray
SMASHWORDS EDITION
Copyright© 2011, Graham Murray
Published by Living Books USA
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FAKE!
IT IS MY HOPE THAT EVERYONE, WHATEVER THEIR STATUS, READS THIS PAPER SO THAT WE ARE ALL AWARE OF THE PROLIFIC AND DESPICABLE PRACTISE OF FAKE REVIEW WRITING AND SANDBAGGING OF EBOOKS AND OTHER PRODUCTS ON THE INTERNET.
If you are fairly new to writing and are posting your ebooks on the Internet, especially with the larger distributors, you may have noticed something peculiar – an obvious skewing in the so-called ‘ratings’ results of ebooks.
You may be wondering why your title - which is well-written and as good as any other works available - has received only one or two ‘reviews’ (if you’re lucky, or unlucky), whereas other, lesser pieces of writing are basking in the glory of 40 or 50 or even more 5-star ‘reviews’ and are at the top of the leader board in several categories such as “Highest Rated”, “Most Downloaded”, “Most Popular”, etc.