July 8, 2010

Whoa... is Amazon watching me??? Or Prescient

I received the following email and immediately began laughing and called Larrie to come look at it.  How weird can it be that Amazon decided because I bought a Lego building book years ago that I now want to read a book (a sequel no less) about werewolves. So... after chuckling a few minutes about how Amazon's Business Intelligence team must have come up with a connection similar to a finding a few years back that "people who buy beer often by diapers" (actually probably the other way around when dad gets sent to the store), I decided to look up the author.  Well it turns out this is a sequel to a book that I bought onsite from Jessi's school book fair and really liked. Do do.... Do do... (with creepy mysterious alien music playing).  The last laugh is on me.  I'm currently ordering the Kindle edition. Amazon wins again! That is some BI team!  Could they be watching me?


Dear Amazon.com Customer,
We've noticed that customers who have purchased or rated Ultimate Lego Book by DK Publishing have also purchased Linger by Maggie Stiefvater. For this reason, you might like to know that Lingerwill be released on July 20, 2010.  You can pre-order yours at a savings of $8.28 by following the link below.

Linger Linger
Maggie Stiefvater
List Price:$17.99
Price:$9.71
You Save: $8.28 (46%)
Release Date: July 20, 2010
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Kindle Edition (Kindle Book)

Product Description


In Maggie Stiefvater's Shiver, Grace and Sam found each other.  Now, in Linger, they must fight to be together. For Grace, this means defying her parents and keeping a very dangerous secret about her own well-being. For Sam, this means grappling with his werewolf past . . . and figuring out a way to survive into the future. Add into the mix a new wolf named Cole, whose own past has the potential to destroy the whole pack.  And Isabelle, who already lost her brother to the wolves . . . and is nonetheless drawn to Cole.

At turns harrowing and euphoric, Linger is a spellbinding love story that explores both sides of love -- the light and the dark, the warm and the cold -- in a way you will never forget.

1 comment:

Vidya said...

One of our TMs shared this link. And you write so well.... It certainly was fun reading the Amazon story.... and I definitely like the title of your blog :)