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Rethinking 5 Star Reviews | Interview with Em from The BookList
Is the five star rating system officially broken? Rachel and Kate sit down with Em (known on Bookstagram as @_bookbrat), founder of The BookList, to discuss a new approach to how we review, rate, and discover books.
Whether you are reviewing a spicy standalone novella or an eight book high fantasy series, traditional star ratings often leave readers with mismatched expectations. Em breaks down how her new platform removes stars entirely, replacing them with structured reader data to help books land in the hands of their exact target audience.
In this episode, we cover:
The Problem with 5…
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