Newspapers are devoting less space to book reviews. “But one review venue is going strong and getting more attention of late: Amazon.com. Its customer-written reviews – some signed, some anonymous – are linked to book titles on Amazon’s website. Anyone can write one (sorry, you don’t get paid) and get it posted, and the opportunity has created a small cadre of people who have written hundreds – in some cases, even thousands – of reviews.” Amazon reviews are getting more and more attention from publishers and authors because they influence sales.