* Sarcasm on*
Those video game people ruin everything!
*Sarc off*
I think a lot of the review debacle stems from two sources. First is Amazon it'self for yanking the rug out from under the authors that opted in for KDP Select. Amazon used to promote your book if it was in Select, now they have done everything they can to make it unsuccessful. Because of this, authors had to turn to 3rd party websites to get their free runs noticed and I feel this is the second reason we have the debacle. What does ENT, POI and other sites require? Lots of reviews and high rated reviews. Where did struggling authors go to first? Friends and Family, then they participate in review circles and trading. A few abuses later and Amazon tries to clean it with fire. Now everyone is burned and hurt about it.