Amazon Ebook Reviews Are US Biased

Posted on by Sable Aradia

By Derek Haines

Why are Amazon ebook reviews from US readers more important than reviews from international readers?

Have you noticed that reviews from Amazon.com are aggregated across all other international Amazon sites, but that the reverse is not true?

If someone kindly posts a review of a book on Amazon.co.uk, it is stuck there, and not aggregated to Amazon.com. Why?

Is a UK review less valuable than a US review? Are reviews from Canadians, Australians or India inferior to US reviews?

Amazon, like many US tech companies, still really has a problem when it comes to internationalising themselves.

Read the full article at Just Publishing Advice.

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I'm a Pagan and speculative fiction author, a professional blogger, and a musician. I'm proudly Canadian and proudly LGBTQ. My politics are decidedly left and if you ask for my opinion, expect an honest answer. I am owned by a cat. I recently lost my dog, who was my boon companion, and I'm taking the loss hard. I used to work part time at a bookstore and I love to read, especially about faith, philosophy, science, and sci-fi and fantasy.