Reaching?

[ffutures]

Today's mail from Amazon:

We've noticed that customers who have purchased or rated "The Clan Corporate (Merchant Princes)" by Charles Stross have also purchased "Shangai Splendor: Economic Sentiments and the Making of Modern China, 1843-1949" by Wen-Hsin Yeh. For this reason, you might like to know that "Shangai Splendor: Economic Sentiments and the Making of Modern China, 1843-1949" will be released on 1 September 2007. You can pre-order yours for just £22.75 by following the link below.


Can't help wondering exactly how many customers bought that combination of books...

Comments

[adrian-middle.livejournal.com]

I'm more impressed that they bought it when it hasn't been released yet.

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

It's easy enough to buy in advance on Amazon. Or there may have been an earlier edition.

[jilltanith.livejournal.com]

I got a similar e-mail from them yesterday;

We've noticed that customers who have purchased or rated books by Phil & Kaja Foglio have also purchased When Freedom Would Triumph: The Civil Rights Struggle in Congress, 1954-1968 by Robert Mann. For this reason, you might like to know that When Freedom Would Triumph: The Civil Rights Struggle in Congress, 1954-1968 will be released on September 1, 2007.

I'm skeptical. Phil and Kaja do the Girl Genius graphic novels. (Highly recommended, btw!) I really find it hard to believe that there's a significant crossover in the audiences here! I think their algorithm's mucked up.

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

There are plenty of civil war enthusiasts in SF fandom so I wouldn't say it was impossible.

As it happens the last site I looked at before livejournal this morning was Girl Genius.