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by oakhaven 3772 days ago
tldr anyone? I read 25%, it was bragging and fancy talk. How is the system actually tricked?
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Amazon gave his book a "#1 Best Seller" rating even though it only sold three copies (one to the author and two to his friends). It was actually (presumably) the best selling book in a very niche category, over a very short space of time.