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I checked out the latet David Baldacci book, "First Family" for Kindle on Amazon.com this morning.

I was surprised to see only a 2 1/2 star rating. There are 47 customer reviews so far. Reading all of the reviews revealed that there were many 1 star reviews dragging down the rating and EVERY ONE of these low reviews (27 out of 47 to be exact!) was because of the higher than $9.99 release price for the Kindle version! Not one of these 1 star complainers had actually read the book! The book is now $9.99 as most of them do settle down to this price quite soon, but this author is stuck with the 2 1/2 star false rating. Most of the ratings by people who had actually read the book were 4 & 5 stars. This book would have had a great rating if it were not for these bogus reviewers.
I think this is so unfair to an author. One should not review a book unless he has actually read it and then should review it based on the story, the plot , the characters, and the quality of the writing.
So, people, if you browse Kindle books and look at the star ratings as I do, when you see a low rating actually read the reviews and judge their quality before making a judgement on the book. I will certainly be buying this book for my Kindle, now that I have dug for the true rating.
I just had to say something. I'm interested in your thoughts on this subject.

I was surprised to see only a 2 1/2 star rating. There are 47 customer reviews so far. Reading all of the reviews revealed that there were many 1 star reviews dragging down the rating and EVERY ONE of these low reviews (27 out of 47 to be exact!) was because of the higher than $9.99 release price for the Kindle version! Not one of these 1 star complainers had actually read the book! The book is now $9.99 as most of them do settle down to this price quite soon, but this author is stuck with the 2 1/2 star false rating. Most of the ratings by people who had actually read the book were 4 & 5 stars. This book would have had a great rating if it were not for these bogus reviewers.
I think this is so unfair to an author. One should not review a book unless he has actually read it and then should review it based on the story, the plot , the characters, and the quality of the writing.
So, people, if you browse Kindle books and look at the star ratings as I do, when you see a low rating actually read the reviews and judge their quality before making a judgement on the book. I will certainly be buying this book for my Kindle, now that I have dug for the true rating.
I just had to say something. I'm interested in your thoughts on this subject.