So Amazon Vine turns out to be a kind of disappointment
The program, which I mentioned in a previous post, sends free books to reviewers, who then write reviews for Amazon which appear early on the product page. Vine "Voices" are chosen from the top reviewers on the site. Amazon sends out a "monthly newsletter," consisted of new books, CDs, etc. sponsored by various publishers. It was kind of disappointing, because they only had about seven products open for review this month, even though the tagline of the program is, "all the hottest products... Sign in to see full entry.