To answer your questions, I am still not sure who my nemesis was. But there is a guy out there whom Amazon recently busted who fits the profile. He is this weirdo who self-published a novel, then went around Amazon doing two things a) trashing well-reviewed books by new writers and b) praising bestsellers, claiming that the book in question was the best thing he had read since...his own book. And it worked. People began ordering this allegedly horrendous book. Anyway, he might have been my stalker. I'll never know. I'm just relieved the posts have stopped. Meanwhile, the mainstream reviews have been incredible....
As for Amazon implementing tighter controls, I doubt it. I've heard that for all the headaches it brings them,, they've actualy considered getting rid of the customer reviews altogether.
To answer your questions, I am still not sure who my nemesis was. But there is a guy out there whom Amazon recently busted who fits the profile. He is this weirdo who self-published a novel, then went around Amazon doing two things a) trashing well-reviewed books by new writers and b) praising bestsellers, claiming that the book in question was the best thing he had read since...his own book. And it worked. People began ordering this allegedly horrendous book. Anyway, he might have been my stalker. I'll never know. I'm just relieved the posts have stopped. Meanwhile, the mainstream reviews have been incredible.... As for Amazon implementing tighter controls, I doubt it. I've heard that for all the headaches it brings them,, they've actualy considered getting rid of the customer reviews altogether.
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