tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post5062674003603618873..comments2024-03-26T23:41:10.319+00:00Comments on Authors Electric: Amazon is my shepherd. I shall not want. - Bill KirtonKatherine Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17196712319655603442noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-1913070346579212792013-08-12T12:27:22.277+01:002013-08-12T12:27:22.277+01:00Thanks, Reb. I have to assume that Jack Carston ge...Thanks, Reb. I have to assume that Jack Carston gets well paid, too, because he's always opening bottles of wine at home (but, needless to say, never drinks to excess).Bill Kirtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16345949773423764808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-30956502290892044312013-08-10T15:55:53.341+01:002013-08-10T15:55:53.341+01:00Loved the passage, Bill, about how your detective ...Loved the passage, Bill, about how your detective doesn't fit the mold. I'm a fellow rebel on that score: Boss MacTavin always gets very well paid.glitter noirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11728649916344336118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-55940532464514112392013-08-09T08:21:56.017+01:002013-08-09T08:21:56.017+01:00It occurs to me that Amazon never emails to sugges...It occurs to me that Amazon never emails to suggest a title, though I frequently buy books from them. Maybe there's a way to opt out of this sort of spam in your profile (and maybe I did so without remembering) - which of course doesn't address the question of their criteria.Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13770069472552779217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-34340405338888458662013-08-08T09:13:50.306+01:002013-08-08T09:13:50.306+01:00Lydia, my new book Missing Believed Dead appeared ...Lydia, my new book Missing Believed Dead appeared on Amazon (paperback version) for pre-order. Nothing to do with me. I had aimed for a launch on 11 July, but when I registered my ISBN I just put July, so I reckon my ISBN must have been registered for 1 July. The book appeared on Amazon in June for pre-order on 1 July, so I was pushed into launching earlier than I intended. At the time it appeared I was still working on it in Createspace, so it wasn't approved for sale by Amazon. So I reckon the pre-order bit is linked to the ISBN registration.Chris Longmuirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02488093821886798927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-15083513422599057262013-08-07T17:58:54.217+01:002013-08-07T17:58:54.217+01:00Thanks Lydia. I can't offer an answer to your ...Thanks Lydia. I can't offer an answer to your question re. pre-orders but I can report that a book called Brilliant CV Writing was listed on Amazon for 2 years. It was (supposedly) written jointly by me and an Australian academic and it could be pre-ordered. Only one problem - it had only ever been a gleam in an editor's eye, Pearson had never listed it and had no idea where Amazon had got it from.Bill Kirtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16345949773423764808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-65626638067424398562013-08-07T14:53:30.405+01:002013-08-07T14:53:30.405+01:00very enjoyable post Bill, I always wonder how Amaz...very enjoyable post Bill, I always wonder how Amazon choose books to mail out as recommendations to people - I assume they go out to millions but perhaps they are all targeted according to what we look at online. I wonder how people do the 'pre-ordering' thing, how do you put a book up for pre-order, I've not seen it described anywhere yet it's often offered. The whole thing's a mystery. Lydia Bennethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09328239009863878547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-19970718619422478602013-08-07T12:35:08.481+01:002013-08-07T12:35:08.481+01:00Thanks for the link, Lee. I enjoy that sort of spe...Thanks for the link, Lee. I enjoy that sort of specifically targeted spoof.<br /><br />You see, Jan? My cunning plan worked.<br /><br />Wayne, yes I know nothing's as it seems and we're putty in their hands (or at least I am) but pretending that Amazon moves in mysterious ways helps me to justify the title I chose for the post.Bill Kirtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16345949773423764808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-74513413435726841362013-08-07T11:02:16.751+01:002013-08-07T11:02:16.751+01:00If you've logged into Amazon, or an Amazon coo...If you've logged into Amazon, or an Amazon cookie remains on your PC, they can track what you look for on their site. <br /><br />If you've looked for your book on Amazon (who wouldn't), they've tracked this and effectively put "1" next to your name and your book to show you are interested in it.<br /><br />Have an experiment. Log into Amazon and search for something you have no interest in, e.g. Donkey Derby or Quantum Physics. Have a click around the related books and then close your browser and see what Amazon suggests for you next time. Maybe a madcap Donkey scientist who wants to take over the world... Bwahahahaha. <br /><br />Erm ...Excuse me, I'm going for a lay down.Waynenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-24278325999795346202013-08-07T09:53:22.574+01:002013-08-07T09:53:22.574+01:00or maybe they don't know much about books, but...or maybe they don't know much about books, but they know a lot about marketing. they've persuaded (inveigled? conned?) you into writing this entertaining piece about them, and me and thousands of others to read it. i won't be buying the volvo book, but your detective sounds like just the job. excuse me while i nip over to kindle and buy one of your books!Jan Needlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15823078224282953782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-23639820828595709302013-08-07T09:35:43.876+01:002013-08-07T09:35:43.876+01:00Perhaps Amazon doesn't make mistakes, but Jeff...Perhaps Amazon doesn't make mistakes, but Jeff Bezos seems to have made a big one!<br /><br /><a rel="nofollow">http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/borowitzreport/2013/08/amazon-founder-says-he-clicked-on-washington-post-by-mistake.html?utm_content=buffer4c04d&utm_source=buffer&utm_medium=appdotnet&utm_campaign=Buffer</a><br /><br />;-)Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13770069472552779217noreply@blogger.com