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“The cover is a very pretty shade of red”

Amazon reviewer’s "positive" note after savaging The Rule of Four, a supposed bestseller which, at Amazon at least, drew three hundred ninety-eight one stars versus one hundred fifty five stars.

I haven’t read the book and certainly don’t plan to now. Since Amazon supposedly is in the business of selling books it seems to have created a monster with this review system. But it’s hard not to take more than twice as many bad reviews as good ones to heart and avoid the item in question.

A laugher

Jerome R. Corsi’s new, critical book on Baby Barry, The Obama Nation, Leftist Politics and the Cult of Personality is riding high atop the NYT’s bestseller list. But you wouldn’t know it if you only visited his book’s Amazon site. In just twelve days, the "review" count has jumped from sixty-four to seven hundred and fifty-eight. Of course, they’re not really reviews. It’s a political battle between the Barry lovers and the Barry haters. You can tell because the reviews are mostly five stars or one stars. So far the one stars are winning, by a margin of two hundred. It’s a hoot, but it’s also irrelevant. You need to look under Product Details, where it shows that the book is No. 2 among Amazon bestsellers. Nice try, Barry lovers. Better luck next time. Bye, bye Barry.