We know that big companies collect vast amounts of data on us based on our online presence and know our likes and dislikes in the minutest detail. So it is not surprising when we get emails recommending products for us to buy. But I was struck by an email I got from Amazon recently that said “Hello, Mano Singham, We have found something you might like.”
And the recommendation was … my own book.
LOL
That’s those algorithms working overtime for sure!
Oh, geez, I just thought of what it must be like to be Stephen King and have Amazon recommend all his books and movies and TV shows and t-shirts and conferences and…
I mean there must be a million SK-related products out there, posters & everything. What a nightmare!
What are you complaining about? They’re right, aren’t they? 😉
Do you give yourself a friends and family discount.
Do you feel safer knowing that Trump™ will ban Tik-Tok, or at least privateer it for an American company, so that you won’t get a sales pitch for a (prospective) Chinese-language version of your book?
@ 5 Pierce R. Butler
+1
Those must be some of the latest generation marketing automata. Normally they just try to sell stuff one has already bought. Recommending things someone sells (even indirectly) is surely a huge technological leap and someone must be very proud of themselves. Of course it might also be hell for anyone running an online shop on sites like Amazon. Especially if the advertisement is effective…
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Re: #5:
Hey, it’s not piracy! It’s a legitimate business transaction between legitimate business men. Or else…
Tell them you’re holding out for a copy signed by the author.
Could it be that they figured you were a relative of the author?