Strange Book Bedfellows
Strange Book Bedfellows, Part 4
Tuesday, March 4th, 2008A few days ago I put up a post that responded to an unfortunate email promotion from Amazon.com. Because my books have been purchased by people who also purchased the excellent Christian books by Don Williams, the Amazon.com computer figured that buyers of my books would also be interested in a sexually-perverse book by another […]
Okay, Now I’m Getting Bugged . . . [Strange Book Bedfellows, Part 3]
Monday, March 3rd, 2008Last Thursday I blogged on a email promotion from Amazon.com to folks who had bought my books. Amazon was urging my readers to buy a book by Don Williams on sexual threesomes. No joke! I wasn’t scandalized by this, but was a bit bugged and a bit amused. It was a bit ironic. I wrote […]
Amazon.com Responds
Friday, February 29th, 2008Amazon.com responded to my complaint about the inappropriate promotional email (see yesterday’s post). They get credit for responding, especially since it looks like a human being actually was involved here. Gopi N’s response was pretty much boilerplate, and didn’t respond to my request that an apology email be sent to those who received the […]
Oops! Amazon.com Makes a Big Mistake [or, Strange Book Bedfellows, Part 1]
Thursday, February 28th, 2008
Warning: Parents, this post is inappropriate for children. (Actually, it’s not really appropriate for anyone, but I think it’s worth posting anyway.
Today I received a dozen or more emails from friends, including a comment from my mother, who had received a peculiar email promotion from Amazon.com. It read, in part:
Dear Amazon.com Customer,
We’ve noticed that customers […]