Category Archives: amazon

Surveillance

Posted on June 2, 2010 by Charles Lambert

I’ve just discovered that Amazon knows – and registers – whenever Kindle users highlight a passage on their Kindles, and it reminded me of something I saw many years when John Wilkinson and I were on a walking (actually, hitch-hiking) … Continue reading →

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It’s out!

Posted on May 7, 2010 by Charles Lambert

Any Human Face goes on sale today. You know what to do. (Pushy, right?) If you’re in the UK and don’t have a good independent bookseller within reach, then Amazon is probably your best bet. Outside the UK, try Book … Continue reading →

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Charlemagne OK but Louis the Pious?

Posted on December 13, 2009 by Charles Lambert

Unusually, as Amazon suggestions go, this one tempted me. Maybe because Louis and Pious are almost, but not quite, a visual rhyme. And then I saw the price. Greetings from Amazon.co.uk, As someone who has purchased or rated On Sparta … Continue reading →

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Only connect

Posted on November 1, 2009 by Charles Lambert

Another great Amazon recommendation: Greetings from Amazon.co.uk, As someone who has purchased or rated Howards End (Dover Thrift Editions) by E.M. Forster, you might like to know that Wicked All Day is now available. You can order yours for just … Continue reading →

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It must be the reference to inches

Posted on October 10, 2009 by Charles Lambert

As anyone who follows this blog will know, I’ve received some strange Amazon recommendations in the past. You know, the ones that start: “As someone who has purchased or rated…’ You can see a couple of them here and here. … Continue reading →

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Cracking collection

Posted on July 24, 2009 by Charles Lambert

I just want to direct your attention to a great new reader’s review of The Scent of Cinnamon on Amazon UK. It’s by Brummie Reader, and it’s a beauty! Now it’s your turn. Pester, pester, pester.

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Aaah, Amazon!

Posted on July 3, 2009 by Charles Lambert

Another great recommendation from Amazon! Wide Sargasso Sea = Scent of a Killer? You couldn’t make it up… Greetings from Amazon.co.uk, As someone who has purchased or rated Wide Sargasso Sea (Penguin Modern Classics) by Jean Rhys, you might like … Continue reading →

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Bestsellerdom

Posted on May 29, 2009 by Charles Lambert

Don’t blink or you’ll miss it, but The Scent of Cinnamon has made the Amazon top 100 short story list. OK, I’m 93rd, but I’m in very good company, rubbing shoulders with Somerset Maugham, Alice Munro, Henry James et al. … Continue reading →

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As someone who has purchased…

Posted on May 10, 2009 by Charles Lambert

Another wacky recommendation from Amazon: As someone who has purchased or rated Flush: A Biography (Oxford World’s Classics) by Virginia Woolf, you might like to know that Letters to a Love Rat is now available.   The mail continues with snippets from reviews of others … Continue reading →

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Rainforest fever

Posted on May 3, 2009 by Charles Lambert

I’ve had some pretty weird recommendations from Amazon before but this one takes the biscuit. ‘As someone who has purchased or rated Brideshead Revisited’, I’m now being offered a discount on the new James Kelman. I’m sorry? What next? As … Continue reading →

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