Since this blog is mirrored by Amazon on the book’s page, courtesy of Amazon Connect (thanks Dustin, for pointing it out!), I thought I would just say WTF?

Amazon is so freaking mysterious to me. For the weeks and months before the book was available the price dropped, and dropped, to the point where it was like $16 yesterday. Now its at $23.95 again, and it says “ships in 1-3 months”. For a long time, there was a list of like 8000 books “people who bought this book also bought” and they were ALL, to a volume, about Second Life. How can there be that many books about second life? Now there are four, and they are my friends, so at least that part makes sense. Do you think there are humans at Amazon anymore? The mysteries will clearly never cease.


COMMENTS / 4 COMMENTS

Well, the fact that this post itself is now on Amazon’s page for your book is a nice recursion, so even as their methods remain mysterious, they’re kinda supporting the point of your book, right?

Luther Blissett on Jun 23 08 at 8:07 pm

why is it taking so long chris? i went to order it this am and…. i was disappointed to see the wait time

Biella Coleman on Jun 25 08 at 2:36 pm

B&N.com shows it as available to ship within 24 hours.

Mick on Jun 26 08 at 7:47 pm

The Amazonbots are bad at their job. With all this user stalkingcustomization, a search for “Two Bits” still turns up a coming-of-age film about a young Italian-American boy and his dying grandfather as the first result.

Shouldn’t it know by now that I only read books about computers??

Christina on Jul 03 08 at 5:43 pm
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