On Mar 18, 6:26*am, Ignoramus11638 ignoramus11...@NOSPAM.
11638.invalid wrote:
I am looking at this book:

http://www.amazon.com/You-Can-Never-...781/ref=pd_bbs....

While I have not read it, it does not seem like it could be a
groundbreaking book in any respects, and most likely is complete crap
that is written to sell more services provided by this guy (and this
guess can be completely wrong and maybe this is a new discovery on how
dummies can get wealthy).

My question is, how likely is this book to have such a good review
rating that would be genuine?

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No, probably not fake. Amazon would feel the heat if these were not
real. However, I suspect they were bought and paid for by the
publisher or the author.

I say that based on an experience a company producing bank software
that I worked for in the 1980's. A well known publisher of reviews of
bank related software raved about various software packages, but never
mentioned our company. The President called to find out if the author
had reviewed our software. The answer was "No, but I will for
$10,000.". We didn't pay, and never got written up in the publication.

So, I suspect a majority of book reviews are purchased in one way or
another.

Paul