Reviews…Deeeeep Thoughts, Part II

A couple of weeks back I posted about Goodreads’ policy allowing authors to rate/comment on their own books. Today let’s address one facet of Amazon’s quirky review policy: not allowing friends and family to review your book. From their About Customer Reviews: If you have a direct or indirect financial interest in a product, or perceived to have a close personal relationship with its author or artist, we’ll likely remove your review.

First off, “allowing” is a broad term, since first Amazon ha...