tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6369920588474226441.post1589868063742436031..comments2023-06-26T05:29:21.219-04:00Comments on The Harriet Klausner Appreciation Society: "The Fish Rots From The Head Down"Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6369920588474226441.post-68376364760058478522008-12-29T11:07:00.000-05:002008-12-29T11:07:00.000-05:00Here is a website, apparently operated by the Char...Here is a website, apparently operated by the Charlatan, with dozens of fauxreviews queued up to be excreted on various websites when the book seller sites will allow. There are dozens of fauxreviews of books to be published in 2009.<BR/><BR/>http://www.alternative-worlds.com/page/2/<BR/><BR/>So, it is clear that the Charlatan is working well ahead of publication dates with ARCs.<BR/><BR/>I STepperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02913132137247227333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6369920588474226441.post-46386508635410623932008-12-28T23:23:00.000-05:002008-12-28T23:23:00.000-05:00RICO!!! The uncorrupted part of the spirit of the ...RICO!!! The uncorrupted part of the spirit of the 60's is alive and well in you! S Tepper, you are at one and the same time astute and mercilessly witty, the unbeatable combination. I look forward to reading your future contributions both here and on the Klausner threads. In Shakespeare's "Henry VI," there occurs, of course, the famous quotation concerning what's needed for success in a Stanley H Nemethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01614307917754419143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6369920588474226441.post-58579125910859825082008-12-28T17:56:00.000-05:002008-12-28T17:56:00.000-05:00Yes, I think you're right in that we won't...Yes, I think you're right in that we won't find anything definite out, how would we? To infer we may (some things). About batch posting, I'm not sure. It would be hard to catch an event like that even if it did happen (short of constant monitoring of the site). But short of that, she does post large numbers of reviews sometimes, although there's nothing to suggest those have been Malleushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10304227040238914084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6369920588474226441.post-29828055514302176772008-12-28T17:25:00.000-05:002008-12-28T17:25:00.000-05:00Malleus - I'll spare you the 3 graph blurb since m...Malleus - I'll spare you the 3 graph blurb since my slipcover is getting old, my marketing materials are no longer attached to the volume and I don't have Harriet to fulminate in my behalf. (You have my real e-mail address, so if you Google me you'll know I'm legit and have some interesting hobbies.)<BR/><BR/>Amazon and other ecommerce sites, like eBay, have lots of lawyers. But their (the STepperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02913132137247227333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6369920588474226441.post-77508899005165040372008-12-28T16:39:00.000-05:002008-12-28T16:39:00.000-05:00Welcome, ST, we're glad to have you. About a three...Welcome, ST, we're glad to have you. About a three-'graph intro, hell, yeah! Just for fun. :-) <BR/><BR/>That's a good article you posted, nicely written and eloquent (what a pleasure after HK and Harp prose!). I quite agree with what you say. Now, one thing, you say you're a lawyer and you see some potential legal issues with reviewer fraud. That's very interesting, I think. But at the same timeMalleushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10304227040238914084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6369920588474226441.post-4272244800597569002008-12-28T14:50:00.000-05:002008-12-28T14:50:00.000-05:00Hello fellow readers. I was just "accepted" to th...Hello fellow readers. I was just "accepted" to the HKAS. Thanks for the confidence you have reposed in me. (Should I do a two paragraph superficial and inaccurate synopsis of who I am and then a one sentence gush recommending myself?)<BR/><BR/>I have been an Amazon user for a long time, and rarely gave the reviews much credence. Indeed, I rarely looked at them. And then, last January, I was STepperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02913132137247227333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6369920588474226441.post-73391558076238905162008-12-28T12:12:00.000-05:002008-12-28T12:12:00.000-05:00Since there's actually a lot of "reviewers" like H...Since there's actually a lot of "reviewers" like Harriet Klausner, and since it'd be very easy to rein them in -- at least as far as the most egregious offences (like Harriet's posting hundreds of reviews every month), one must assume that your guesses are correct, and the malicious bent of your mind is nothing to deplore.Malleushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10304227040238914084noreply@blogger.com