Comments on: An Open Letter to Amazon.com pt. 1 http://www.zeusjones.com/blog/2009/an-open-letter-to-amazoncom-pt-1/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:29:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: adrian http://www.zeusjones.com/blog/2009/an-open-letter-to-amazoncom-pt-1/#comment-696 adrian Wed, 25 Mar 2009 14:43:19 +0000 http://www.zeusjones.com/blog/?p=814#comment-696 Hi Paul, credits to Eric for this post, and if you want to check out his book selection sign up on Goodreads, I think he shares it all there. Hi Paul, credits to Eric for this post, and if you want to check out his book selection sign up on Goodreads, I think he shares it all there.

]]> By: Paul http://www.zeusjones.com/blog/2009/an-open-letter-to-amazoncom-pt-1/#comment-695 Paul Sun, 22 Mar 2009 17:44:43 +0000 http://www.zeusjones.com/blog/?p=814#comment-695 hi Adrian, i'm late getting to this, but great post. funny how amazon are so functional when they could be so much more. do you have a list of books you'd recommend by the way? Paul hi Adrian, i’m late getting to this, but great post. funny how amazon are so functional when they could be so much more. do you have a list of books you’d recommend by the way?

Paul

]]> By: Jake Yarbrough http://www.zeusjones.com/blog/2009/an-open-letter-to-amazoncom-pt-1/#comment-694 Jake Yarbrough Wed, 25 Feb 2009 18:36:06 +0000 http://www.zeusjones.com/blog/?p=814#comment-694 Adrian, You probably saw Seth Godin's blog today with recommendations to Amazon. (http://is.gd/kNnn) I immediately thought of this letter you wrote and thought I might pass it along. Adrian,

You probably saw Seth Godin’s blog today with recommendations to Amazon. (http://is.gd/kNnn)

I immediately thought of this letter you wrote and thought I might pass it along.

]]> By: stephanie gerson http://www.zeusjones.com/blog/2009/an-open-letter-to-amazoncom-pt-1/#comment-693 stephanie gerson Thu, 12 Feb 2009 19:13:01 +0000 http://www.zeusjones.com/blog/?p=814#comment-693 are you actually gonna send this? if so, awesome, and please post any reply. are you actually gonna send this? if so, awesome, and please post any reply.

]]> By: Jake Yarbrough http://www.zeusjones.com/blog/2009/an-open-letter-to-amazoncom-pt-1/#comment-692 Jake Yarbrough Thu, 12 Feb 2009 16:34:42 +0000 http://www.zeusjones.com/blog/?p=814#comment-692 Another insightful post, Adrian. Brings to mind iTunes and the celebrity playlist, too. Is this a model for creative content providers like Amazon and iTunes? Do consumers pay as much creedence to their musicians' recommendations as they do authors? Jake Another insightful post, Adrian. Brings to mind iTunes and the celebrity playlist, too. Is this a model for creative content providers like Amazon and iTunes?

Do consumers pay as much creedence to their musicians’ recommendations as they do authors?

Jake

]]> By: Eric http://www.zeusjones.com/blog/2009/an-open-letter-to-amazoncom-pt-1/#comment-691 Eric Thu, 12 Feb 2009 15:00:54 +0000 http://www.zeusjones.com/blog/?p=814#comment-691 Jodi- I agree that writers may have a problem tying themselves to one vendor, even if it is the biggest one in the game. I didn't want to go into all the details here, but I think setting up a Friend Feed-like model where the Amazon pages were making use and raising the profile of current self-promotional efforts would be best. That would certainly make it easier for people to engage. I think writers and publishers are desperate for a new way. I've showed up at Borders readings for NYTimes best selling authors where 5-7 partially interested people who happened to be in the store wandered in and that was the extent of the audience. It will certainly be interesting to see how things evolve. And I certainly hope they do evolve because the percentage of people who actually read books in this country is already abysmal. Jodi- I agree that writers may have a problem tying themselves to one vendor, even if it is the biggest one in the game. I didn’t want to go into all the details here, but I think setting up a Friend Feed-like model where the Amazon pages were making use and raising the profile of current self-promotional efforts would be best. That would certainly make it easier for people to engage.

I think writers and publishers are desperate for a new way. I’ve showed up at Borders readings for NYTimes best selling authors where 5-7 partially interested people who happened to be in the store wandered in and that was the extent of the audience.

It will certainly be interesting to see how things evolve. And I certainly hope they do evolve because the percentage of people who actually read books in this country is already abysmal.

]]> By: Dino http://www.zeusjones.com/blog/2009/an-open-letter-to-amazoncom-pt-1/#comment-690 Dino Thu, 12 Feb 2009 03:34:06 +0000 http://www.zeusjones.com/blog/?p=814#comment-690 very smart stuff here adrian. makes me really rethink the power of the "follow" when applied to a niche category/behaviour. you should send this open letter to twitter too, see if they can figure out how to do multiple streams from one user, make those findable, then plug that in to amazon. or something along those lines! very smart stuff here adrian. makes me really rethink the power of the “follow” when applied to a niche category/behaviour. you should send this open letter to twitter too, see if they can figure out how to do multiple streams from one user, make those findable, then plug that in to amazon. or something along those lines!

]]> By: Jodi Chromey http://www.zeusjones.com/blog/2009/an-open-letter-to-amazoncom-pt-1/#comment-689 Jodi Chromey Thu, 12 Feb 2009 00:12:10 +0000 http://www.zeusjones.com/blog/?p=814#comment-689 Even though I am kind of a Kindle poo-pooer, I have to say this is my favorite thing I've read on the internet all day. I'm a die-hard Amazon devotee, and would love to see some of the features you mention here incorporated into the site. As it is now, I get most of my suggestions and such from book blogs and the people who write them and merely use Amazon as a store. I do wonder if authors (and by extensions publishers) would take a shine to such a close relationship with one seller. A lot of writers (and publishers) are woefully technologically inept (visit most any publishers' website for a gander at how much they don't get the web), and just don't know where to begin when it comes to interacting with readers online. Even though I am kind of a Kindle poo-pooer, I have to say this is my favorite thing I’ve read on the internet all day.

I’m a die-hard Amazon devotee, and would love to see some of the features you mention here incorporated into the site. As it is now, I get most of my suggestions and such from book blogs and the people who write them and merely use Amazon as a store.

I do wonder if authors (and by extensions publishers) would take a shine to such a close relationship with one seller. A lot of writers (and publishers) are woefully technologically inept (visit most any publishers’ website for a gander at how much they don’t get the web), and just don’t know where to begin when it comes to interacting with readers online.

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