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Book Reviewers for Hire Meet a Demand for Online Raves – NYTimes.com – This NYTimes article simply confirms what we know is true. Buying reviews is worthwhile for authors. It’s not ethical, but it works. Jason Rutherford set up a business to sell reviews. At one point he was making $28,000 a month. He would hire people using Craigslist and one paid reviewer earned $12,500 in just a few minutes. She never read the books. She didn’t have time to, you see, she was too bus...