Re:Counterfeit books “shipped and sold by Amazon”?
by jhbadger on Sunday October 13, 2019 @08:47PM
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Even for non-counterfeit books, Amazon defines "product" too broadly -- reviews for a book tend to combine both the printed and Kindle versions and you'll see people complaining about the formatting of the Kindle version on the page for the printed copy.
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Re:Counterfeit books “shipped and sold by Amazon”?
by TylerE on Sunday October 13, 2019 @09:29PM
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The one thing that really frustrates me is how poorly they curate editions. This is especially bad with translated works. Like - you're on the hardcopy version of a nice, modern translation, then you click over to the e-book version and it's some random bowlderdized public domain version from 150 years ago.
Re:Counterfeit books “shipped and sold by Amazon”?
by 4A414B56 on Sunday October 13, 2019 @09:47PM
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This is a problem with everything being sold on amazon. I read reviews for a stamp (dates for ISO8601) and very few of the reviews are relevant to the product I was looking at. Almost none of them made sense for the product I was viewing, actually.
Re:Counterfeit books “shipped and sold by Amazon”?
by moultano on Monday October 14, 2019 @10:49AM
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I was trying to buy a Grimm's Stories book for my kids and it was basically impossible. They had 5 different translations and selections of stories under the same entry.
Re:Counterfeit books “shipped and sold by Amazon”?
by ikeboy on Sunday October 13, 2019 @08:51PM
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That's a fair point, although people should read the reviews and can tell if it's content or formatting.
The alternative of separating Kindle reviews seems wrong. Most reviews are useful to buyers of both formats.