Comments on: My Bookstore is Stalking Me (And I Like It) http://www.likesbooks.com/blog/?p=6073 Sat, 18 May 2013 22:59:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: worki gruzowe Gdansk http://www.likesbooks.com/blog/?p=6073&cpage=1#comment-64882 worki gruzowe Gdansk Mon, 14 May 2012 09:52:50 +0000 http://www.likesbooks.com/blog/?p=6073#comment-64882 I drop a leave a response whenever I especially enjoy a post on a website or I have something to valuable to contribute to the discussion. It’s triggered by the passion displayed in the article I looked at. And after this post My Bookstore is Stalking Me (And I Like It) All About Romance’s News & Commentary Blog. I was actually moved enough to write a thought ;-) I actually do have 2 questions for you if you tend not to mind. Could it be simply me or does it give the impression like some of the comments come across as if they are left by brain dead folks? :-P And, if you are writing at other social sites, I’d like to keep up with you. Could you make a list every one of your social pages like your linkedin profile, Facebook page or twitter feed?

]]> By: Leigh http://www.likesbooks.com/blog/?p=6073&cpage=1#comment-30106 Leigh Thu, 10 Mar 2011 09:16:10 +0000 http://www.likesbooks.com/blog/?p=6073#comment-30106 Anne M Marble. .

Don’t get me started on company e-mails. I have some that send out one EVERYDAY. . . then there are others that are weekly. I know I should take the time to opt out, but usually I just hit delete.

I would say that my e-mail consists of 70% advertisements, 10% of notification of e-bills, banking etc, and then 20% personal

]]> By: Anne M. Marble http://www.likesbooks.com/blog/?p=6073&cpage=1#comment-30102 Anne M. Marble Thu, 10 Mar 2011 05:54:21 +0000 http://www.likesbooks.com/blog/?p=6073#comment-30102 I’m glad to know I’m not the only one who looks at the recommendations, even if I sometimes roll my eyes at them.

Pat> I wish my library would do that. They don’t even send out e-mail notifications when your books are almost due back. :(

I do think that some companies go nuts with their e-mails. (Just because I ordered flowers a few times doesn’t mean I want to be nagged every week about sending flowers. ;) )

]]> By: RachelT http://www.likesbooks.com/blog/?p=6073&cpage=1#comment-30084 RachelT Thu, 10 Mar 2011 00:19:22 +0000 http://www.likesbooks.com/blog/?p=6073#comment-30084 It’s not only bookstores – I also get emails from ebay which are ‘tailored especially for me’. What’s the problem with that you may ask? Well they contain all the things I have already bought – why would I want another? Now if they could send me an email full of the things I might like to buy tomorrow or next week, then I might take notice.

]]> By: MaryK http://www.likesbooks.com/blog/?p=6073&cpage=1#comment-30072 MaryK Wed, 09 Mar 2011 19:40:34 +0000 http://www.likesbooks.com/blog/?p=6073#comment-30072 Amazon’s recommendations are the only ones I really use. I basically use Amazon as an online storage database. I have several lengthy wishlists of books and media that I’m interested in some of which I have no intention of buying from Amazon; it’s just really convenient to use the wishlists.

I like browsing the recommendations because it does sometimes come up with things I haven’t heard of or have forgotten about. If it starts giving me weird recs based on some none media item I bought, I just use the “fix this” button and tell it not to use that item. And I buy or wishlist from enough divergent genres to keep it from being able to pinpoint my tastes too closely.

]]> By: Carrie http://www.likesbooks.com/blog/?p=6073&cpage=1#comment-30061 Carrie Wed, 09 Mar 2011 16:51:03 +0000 http://www.likesbooks.com/blog/?p=6073#comment-30061 I generally enjoy browsing the emails I get from the bookstores, and I love the coupons. ;-) I’ve definitely found a few books I’d never heard of by glancing through the “just for you” picks. Not often, but often enough to make it worth my while.

I do mess with amazon’s software, though, since I share a kindle with my husband and it’s under his account. Thankfully he has a sense of humor and doesn’t mind notifications that his “favorite” romance author has a new book out. It’s especially funny since I tend to buy the racier books on kindle so I don’t have the books laying around the house where a child might pick them up.

]]> By: AARPat http://www.likesbooks.com/blog/?p=6073&cpage=1#comment-30062 AARPat Wed, 09 Mar 2011 16:51:03 +0000 http://www.likesbooks.com/blog/?p=6073#comment-30062 Hate to tell you, but it’s not all bookstores. I signed up for an online account at my public library system. Now I get fiction alerts from them. Most are for the newest bestsellers the library has ordered.

Oh, yes, I ordered an Edible Arrangement for my mother at Christmas and am now getting their “since you bought…” emails. I also shop online for myself at various stores and get their “recommendations.” It seems all the junk snail mail has now converted itself into junk email!

I haven’t quite decided how I feel about it. At least none of it is wasting any trees I hope! Who knows how many pieces of paper at these companies’ headquarters are being circulated. My hope is it’s all done via email and no trees are dying for anyone to send me a recommendation.

]]> By: Leigh http://www.likesbooks.com/blog/?p=6073&cpage=1#comment-30047 Leigh Wed, 09 Mar 2011 13:24:58 +0000 http://www.likesbooks.com/blog/?p=6073#comment-30047 I get recommendations all the time on the web page. I used to get e-mails, but I must have turned that off.

For the most part their recommendations are for books that I have already read or for authors that I don’t like.

For now I use books recommended here either by review or the message board or from friends on Goodreads and another message board.

Word of mouth is winning over Amazon’s demographic profile for right now.

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