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FILE - In this Oct. 18, 2010 file photo, United Parcel Service (UPS) driver Paul Musial lifts an Amazon.com box in Palo Alto, Calif. Online retailer Amazon.com Inc. on Thursday, July 26, 2012 reported second-quarter earnings that matched Wall Street's meager expectations, but its revenue gains and outlook for the current quarter fell short of forecasts. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)
FILE - In this Oct. 18, 2010 file photo, United Parcel Service (UPS) driver Paul Musial lifts an Amazon.com box in Palo Alto, Calif. Online retailer Amazon.com Inc. on Thursday, July 26, 2012 reported second-quarter earnings that matched Wall Street's meager expectations, but its revenue gains and outlook for the current quarter fell short of forecasts. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)

Giving raves to family members is no longer acceptable. Neither is writers' reviewing other writers. But showering five stars on a book you admittedly have not read is fine.

After several well-publicized cases involving writers buying or manipulating their reviews, Amazon is cracking down. Writers say thousands of reviews have been deleted from the shopping site in recent months.

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