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> I’ve never found anything interesting on Amazon Probably a lack of your own imagination. There’s a lifetime of interesting books on Amazon.

pier25 5y ago
Same for me. I've found plenty of interesting stuff on Amazon.
- hellbannedguy 5y ago
  Don't you love their prices? I have seen some crazy prices on Amazon. I have seen prices as high as $1200.00 for a book. Not a rare, or out of print book either. I think some wingding MBA said, "Lets go after the people who don't have the sence to shop around for price." Let our resellers jack up the price to Crazy because we will get our cut, I'm a Watchmaker, and sometimes suprised by the hugh prices I see on books related to my interest. And yes, it's a niche subject, but a quick glance at Ebay usually exposes a reasonable price. (In all fairness, all the big book sellers started doing it. The last holdout was Thriftbooks, but they are no different that Amazon now. Strike that--they realized some people don't care about price, but I have never seen a gut punching price on their website.)
SquishyPanda23 5y ago
From the context, I think they were talking about discovery, not whether the books are available for purchase on Amazon. Personally I don't think I've ever become aware of an interesting book via Amazon, but I've also never used it for discovery. Certainly you have to troll through a lot of nonsense results even when you have a good idea of what you're looking for.
DaiPlusPlus 5y ago
> There’s a lifetime of interesting books on Amazon To the extent that the masses of reprinted-as-a-book Wikipedia articles, CC-licensed and public-domain content, or even GPT-generated books don’t sneak into Amazon’s selection. https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/apr/27/fake-books-sold-amazon-money-laundering https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/apr/27/fake-books-sol...

pier25 5y ago

Same for me. I've found plenty of interesting stuff on Amazon.

hellbannedguy 5y ago
Don't you love their prices? I have seen some crazy prices on Amazon. I have seen prices as high as $1200.00 for a book. Not a rare, or out of print book either. I think some wingding MBA said, "Lets go after the people who don't have the sence to shop around for price." Let our resellers jack up the price to Crazy because we will get our cut, I'm a Watchmaker, and sometimes suprised by the hugh prices I see on books related to my interest. And yes, it's a niche subject, but a quick glance at Ebay usually exposes a reasonable price. (In all fairness, all the big book sellers started doing it. The last holdout was Thriftbooks, but they are no different that Amazon now. Strike that--they realized some people don't care about price, but I have never seen a gut punching price on their website.)

SquishyPanda23 5y ago

From the context, I think they were talking about discovery, not whether the books are available for purchase on Amazon. Personally I don't think I've ever become aware of an interesting book via Amazon, but I've also never used it for discovery. Certainly you have to troll through a lot of nonsense results even when you have a good idea of what you're looking for.

DaiPlusPlus 5y ago

> There’s a lifetime of interesting books on Amazon To the extent that the masses of reprinted-as-a-book Wikipedia articles, CC-licensed and public-domain content, or even GPT-generated books don’t sneak into Amazon’s selection. https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/apr/27/fake-books-sold-amazon-money-laundering https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/apr/27/fake-books-sol...