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Some of the online critics are becoming rather powerful in their opinions.
Posted by Casper at March 26, 2004 01:03 AMNot if you want to bedazzle Johnson [Rebecca Johnson, #4 on Amazon's top customer book reviewers], who gets 40 to 60 free books a month, along with checklists from publishers asking her to mark the upcoming titles she's interested in receiving at no charge. Play along, and your shot at a rave review is far better than it would be with professional critics.
No one is saying that the Harold Blooms and Dale Pecks and other literati should be looking over their shoulders, but professional critics are no longer the only game in town. These days, as the Internet continues to reshape our notion of community, amateur critics are posting reviews across the cultural spectrum — from film to books and more — on discussion boards, blogs and other sites.