How to spot fake reviews at Amazon
Rick and Dave dive into the seedy world of dicey Amazon reviews. Plus: How to read digital magazines for free via your local library and more.
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Show Notes
Are there fake reviews on Amazon? You bet your galoshes there are. Here's a CNET story for further reading: How to spot fake reviews on Amazon, Best Buy, Walmart and other sites.
We also discussed a great deal on the Amazon Echo Studio at Best Buy -- you not only save $30 on the speaker, you get a free Echo Show 5 and Philips Hue bulb. be sure to check out the deal, which is still running as we write this on Aug. 19, and hopefully (fingers crossed) will be when you see it.
In the second segment, we discussed how to use RBDigital and your digital library card to read magazines for free. Here's how to get started with RBDigital and your local library, step-by-step.
In this week's listener question segment, Stacy Alesi wrote, “As a librarian, I was delighted to see you point out the Chrome extension. But I'm not sure if you have ever recommended BookBub? They send out a daily email based on your reading preferences with cheap (usually $2.99 is the priciest ebook) along with a few that are free. The books run the gamut from the big 5 publishers to self-published.”
That's a great tip, Stacy! Here's BookBub for your book-reading please.
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