Misc. crazy bleeding edge algorithms?

[Mark Kohut]

I do know that but this was not in recommendations to me; nor in people who bought L. Krasznahorkai's also bought, etc...
 
AND, I mostly buy for others on Amazon and do get those not-for-me associations like Baldacci. 

From: Tom Beshear <tbeshear at att.net>
To: Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com>; pynchon -l <pynchon-l at waste.org> 
Sent: Sunday, December 1, 2013 10:54 AM
Subject: Re: Misc. crazy bleeding edge algorithms?



Amazon builds profiles of your interests based not only on what you buy but also on what you browse. It suggests books also bought by people who bought L. Krasznahorkai's work, etc. After awhile, it can get pretty good at figuring out your interests, though it can go awry -- I bought my mother a David Baldacci audio book and now it thinks I'm a David Baldacci fan.

----- Original Message ----- 
>From: Mark Kohut 
>To: pynchon -l 
>Sent: Sunday, December 01, 2013 10:07 AM
>Subject: Misc. crazy bleeding edge algorithms?
>
>
>So, I think I want to read this writer I learned of from the plist,
>L. Krasznahorkai, so I go to Amazon.com to see what is in
>print and when written and I am scrolling down the list and 
>
>the #7 entry is BLEEDING EDGE!..by Thomas Pynchon. 
>
>Yes!. Is this a marketing plant aimed directly at me, shaped by 
>the algorithms of my Amazon searches or objectively there for
>all?.....anyone care to try to replicate? 
>
>(I buy few books from Amazon, because I can also get discounts
>at other outlets, although I search Amazon often). I did not buy my
>BLEEDING EDGE there. Does Amazon know that?
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