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jacques_chester on Jan 7, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: NYT Review of ‘The 4-Hour Body’

> The vast majority of books on Amazon would have zero reviews if they only let you review a book after purchasing it on Amazon.

A little optional badge to indicate that the user purchased the book from Amazon wouldn't go astray.

joshkaufman on Jan 7, 2011 [–]

Amazon recently added this. I just published a book, which is why I noticed.

You can see "Amazon Verified Purchase" on this review, under the name: http://www.amazon.com/review/R3VSS8V2NFX1NB/ref=cm_cr_pr_per...

jacques_chester on Jan 7, 2011 | [–]

Great minds, and now me!

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