Reviews – What About Those Stars?

What I’m (re)reading: The Killing Floor by Lee Child (book club)
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Authors want to see lots of reviews for their books. Why? Reviews and star ratings can move a book up or down the visibility charts at the e-book stores. Some promotion sites won’t consider a book unless it has over 15 reviews with a 4.5 star average. But are they really reviews if they’re written by readers and not professional reviewers? Some folks ju...