Authors should be aware

As authors, we should be aware of many common practices of Amazon that affect our books. In this post by Stevie Turner, she points out a new development on Amazon which I find quite alarming.

I work hard to get reviews for my books, and still get only a few, but I am constantly working toward that goal. If Stevie is correct, and Amazon is now summarizing our reviews for us what does that mean to we authors? I often use the reviews I do get in promoting efforts. Do our actual reviews disappear so that readers will not longer see the actual reviewers words?

As a reviewer, I also find this alarming. If my actual words are never seen by potential reader, then does that not inhibit the power of my influence and devalue what I do?

A.I at Work on Amazon