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November 5, 2009 in Business, Cluetrain

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So I just went to look up Debora Spar’s Ruling the Waves, on Amazon, and was greeted by the above. Never mind that I wasn’t looking for what they said I just looked at. Consider instead the strangeness of having something with my name on it, as an author, and that I can reasonably be presumed to own recommended to me as a purchase. (As it happens I also own the third item. Dunno if I bought it from Amazon or not.)

For what it’s worth, can I find anywhere in my Amazon account info a place where I can let them know I’m an author and not just a customer.

Am I wrong about that? Is there a way I can let them know that? Is it worthwhile to either of us?

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November 5, 2009 at 4:06 pm

Tara Hunt

You can become an author through author tools, but that doesn’t seem to affect the algorithm. I get recommended my book all of the time. :/

November 5, 2009 at 4:48 pm

Carter

Isn’t that a teensy bit of an edge case? ;)

November 5, 2009 at 4:54 pm

scritic

Considering that there are so few authors and so many customers/readers, I’d say Amazon was justified in not adding a field where customers can indicate that they are authors of particular books.

November 5, 2009 at 6:17 pm

Shawn Powers

Irony aside, the algorithm seems to be working. There is a likelihood you’d be interested in the subject matter. :)

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