Comments on: Pearls Before Swine http://www.jackofravens.com/2006/10/31/pearls-before-swine/ A Blog by Mark Chadbourn about folklore, mythology, legend and his new fantasy novel, Jack of Ravens Wed, 08 Sep 2010 11:45:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: TheJovialGnome http://www.jackofravens.com/2006/10/31/pearls-before-swine/comment-page-1/#comment-212 TheJovialGnome Fri, 03 Nov 2006 07:07:41 +0000 http://www.jackofravens.com/2006/10/31/pearls-before-swine/#comment-212 Loved the Romeo & Juliet revue "it's been done before, right?" - yeah right! Loved the Romeo & Juliet revue “it’s been done before, right?” – yeah right!

]]> By: Breakfast http://www.jackofravens.com/2006/10/31/pearls-before-swine/comment-page-1/#comment-211 Breakfast Wed, 01 Nov 2006 18:38:59 +0000 http://www.jackofravens.com/2006/10/31/pearls-before-swine/#comment-211 In keeping with the long-tail aspect of Amazon's selling reviews on relatively little-known works where you only have a couple of people who have really looked them out are pretty good. Once you have more than a couple of reviews you start getting the more clueless people writing nonsense. As for why Amazon even bother allowing people to post reviews before something is released I have no idea. On popular stuff that just acts like an idiot magnet. In keeping with the long-tail aspect of Amazon’s selling reviews on relatively little-known works where you only have a couple of people who have really looked them out are pretty good. Once you have more than a couple of reviews you start getting the more clueless people writing nonsense.

As for why Amazon even bother allowing people to post reviews before something is released I have no idea. On popular stuff that just acts like an idiot magnet.

]]> By: Fergie http://www.jackofravens.com/2006/10/31/pearls-before-swine/comment-page-1/#comment-207 Fergie Wed, 01 Nov 2006 10:09:37 +0000 http://www.jackofravens.com/2006/10/31/pearls-before-swine/#comment-207 I have alomst completely given up looking at the 'Reviews' on Amazon - it seems to me that the people with the least to say (and especially loony right wing Christians) say it loud, and say it often, on Amazon. A good rule of thumb when looking at an Amazon review - stop reading when you hit the second spelling mistake! Mind you, some of the examples on Charlie Stross' blog are hilarious. I have alomst completely given up looking at the ‘Reviews’ on Amazon – it seems to me that the people with the least to say (and especially loony right wing Christians) say it loud, and say it often, on Amazon.
A good rule of thumb when looking at an Amazon review – stop reading when you hit the second spelling mistake!
Mind you, some of the examples on Charlie Stross’ blog are hilarious.

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