Misc. crazy bleeding edge algorithms?

[Jack Waters]

I have four of his books in English, including the recently-released
"Seiobo There Below" -- the epigraph to that book is:

*Either it's night, or we don't need light.*
-- Thelonius Monk -- Thomas Pynchon


I can't recommend Krasznahorkai highly enough.

-- Jack


On Sun, Dec 1, 2013 at 12:28 PM, Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com> wrote:

> 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 <markekohut at yahoo.com>
> *To:* pynchon -l <pynchon-l at waste.org>
> *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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