Now, customers can see a Goodreads rating and Amazon can use that to move books that don’t have any reviews on their website. There are millions of books and not all of them get reviews on Amazon. Goodreads has been around for a while and has more reviews than Amazon. With more than one review for books, customers can get a much broader idea of how readers of the book felt. kUB62fZc5c- Diana Urban (IN WRITING CAVE) November 4, 2022 And now this will impact sales in a bigger way than ever. They don't even require email address verification before rating. Goodreads notoriously doesn't do enough to moderate bot/spam/sock puppet accounts. Amazon is starting to add Goodreads ratings to their book pages. Reviews can be manipulated and sabotaged, making it harder for customers to know if the reviews or legit or just trolls. You might be wondering why Amazon is doing that when they have their own review system? While no reason has been given, it is easy to guess why this change is so. That is why Amazon is now showing Goodreads reviews on their website. Amazon Displays GoodReads Ratings Also On Website They can do it all but they know that sometimes you have to bend and work with others to make a better experience for the customers. Amazon for the most part likes to work independently when it comes to the book industry.

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