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JOURNAL OF THEORETICAL AND APPLIED ELECTRONIC COMMERCE RESEARCH
Volume 16, Issue 7, Pages 2793-2807Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/jtaer16070153
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electronic word-of-mouth (eWOM); online reviews; online books sales; Amazon; in; India
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The study found that online reviews shared by Indian consumers have an impact on book sales, with consumers preferring to analyze books based on available online reviews before making purchase decisions. Overall, reviews have a positive impact on sales in both book categories.
This study aims to assess the effect of online reviews on online book sales performance in the Indian context. A sales rank was used as a proxy measure for sales. The total sample size was 2028 books from the 'bestseller' and 'recent' book categories on Amazon.in. Cross-sectional analysis and difference-in-difference analysis approaches were adopted for data analysis. The results revealed that online reviews shared by the Indian consumers impact books sales, as the consumers prefer to analyze the books on the basis of available online reviews before making their purchase decision. Overall, the results indicated that reviews had a positive impact on the sales in both book categories.
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