Summers & Swan - A new book - Looking For Madeleine

[Mr Gray]

No I didn't Dave, you got it wrong.

There is no such calculation such pH - pOH as you claimed.

It is pH + pOH.

Of course  it can be calculated

[Mr Gray]

Is there anything wrong in giving examples ?

examples of what

[Mr Gray]

Examples are there to give support to points that are being made.

what point are you trying to make

[Mr Gray]

Looks like the McCanns are anglo catholics..Rothley Parish church where they regularly worship is Anglican

[Carana]

When Summers & Swann make comments like:
"It seems though that the officers who responded to the original alert did not lack in personal commitment"
"with both nations’ police forces for some time now engaged in systematic fresh work"
 "The first Portuguese investigation has been widely criticised, often exaggeratedly and in a way that seemed xenophobic."

They can't be all bad can they? whatever the figures for book sales.

I find that fair.

So why was there an orchestrated effort to promote negative reviews on Amazon?

[slartibartfast]

I find that fair.

So why was there an orchestrated effort to promote negative reviews on Amazon?

Orchestrate implies an orchestrator? So who do you think is orchestrating?

[stephen25000]

Orchestrate implies an orchestrator? So who do you think is orchestrating?

The only orchestrating viewable on Amazon is the 1 book reviews by clearly mccann supporters.

Nice.

[Anna]

The only orchestrating viewable on Amazon is the 1 book reviews by clearly mccann supporters.

Nice.

Sorry Stephen, but I didn't understand your post.
Do you believe the negative reviews were done by people who thought that the book was fair or good and probably believe The McCanns story, or by those who bought the book, despite the already bad reviews and gave further bad reviews?
     The book was not what many reviews made it out to be. I found it fair and to the point with facts known to date, only.
 They can't print what is yet unknown.

[ferryman]

Sorry Stephen, but I didn't understand your post.
Do you believe the negative reviews were done by people who thought that the book was fair or good and probably believe The McCanns story, or by those who bought the book, despite the already bad reviews and gave further bad reviews?
     The book was not what many reviews made it out to be. I found it fair and to the point with facts known to date, only.
 They can't print what is yet unknown.

I think Stephen was trying to say that a number of positive reviews were written by people with no previous history of reviewing books.

And that there was some sort of "pro" orchestration to "big-up" the book ...

[Carana]

The only orchestrating viewable on Amazon is the 1 book reviews by clearly mccann supporters.

Nice.

Erm...

[Carana]

Orchestrate implies an orchestrator? So who do you think is orchestrating?

From what I've observed, at least one person was encouraging others to post negative reviews with a view to lowering the Amazon rating. I'm not even sure that those who responded to the call to action had bought it, let alone read and had come to an objective view about it. Some may have done, but I doubt that all had done.

[stephen25000]

I think Stephen was trying to say that a number of positive reviews were written by people with no previous history of reviewing books.

And that there was some sort of "pro" orchestration to "big-up" the book ...

As if I would.

[stephen25000]

From what I've observed, at least one person was encouraging others to post negative reviews with a view to lowering the Amazon rating. I'm not even sure that those who responded to the call to action had bought it, let alone read and had come to an objective view about it. Some may have done, but I doubt that all had done.

Don't forget Gurney who hadn't read the book and gave it 5 stars.

[Anna]

I think Stephen was trying to say that a number of positive reviews were written by people with no previous history of reviewing books.

And that there was some sort of "pro" orchestration to "big-up" the book ...

I must admit that I read a lot of books and buy a lot of other things from Amazon too, but seldom get round to doing reviews. I have done some book reviews, but not all that I have purchased.

[Alfred R Jones]

Is there anything more to say about this book after 69 pages?  The sceptics think it's biased crap, the non-sceptics think it's the most definitive and objective account available on the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, what else can we bring to the thread?