tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post3756314435372770868..comments2023-06-13T08:29:39.914+00:00Comments on MAKING A MARK: Amazon assigns ludicrous categories to Art BooksUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-59504785814324612132010-05-14T12:58:30.782+00:002010-05-14T12:58:30.782+00:00Hi again.
It isn't just books and art materia...Hi again. <br />It isn't just books and art materials.<br />I was just on Amazon looking for photo lights for the studio.<br />The number of total results and the amounts in the categories do not add up. So some of the results must not be in any category? Very odd.<br /><br />Showing 1-24 of 149 Results<br /><br />---<br /><br />Electronics & Photo:<br />Photography (105)<br />Audio & Video Accessories (1)<br />Phones (1)<br />Portable Sound & Vision (1)<br /><br />-JulieJackson's Art Supplieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12469957920500669785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-7323218035230625852010-05-14T08:52:14.765+00:002010-05-14T08:52:14.765+00:00I've ben truly amazed at the books I've fo...I've ben truly amazed at the books I've found when tracking books down for my info sites<br /><br />That's why I'm now including books I don't own as well as the many thousands that I do - because I want to be able to remember where they are when I get round to ordering them!<br /><br />You can bookmark my book info sites very easily if that helps anybody.Making A Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13509483023337008890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-77910497371276512522010-05-14T08:19:44.763+00:002010-05-14T08:19:44.763+00:00Hi Katherine,
Sometimes I find a book in a search ...Hi Katherine,<br />Sometimes I find a book in a search that should have come up in that same search before but didn't, it is not a new book. Random. And yes, lots of books are only find-able if you know of them already and search by the title.<br /><br />I guess they must be coming up in the search of 'all books' but thousands is too many to trawl through to find them. So we need those categories to mean something.<br /><br />-JulieJackson's Art Supplieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12469957920500669785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-76882702227168936132010-05-12T21:28:12.254+00:002010-05-12T21:28:12.254+00:00That's where the benefit of my book lenses com...That's where the benefit of my book lenses come - I'bve spent HOURS tracking down books and I gradually began to understand the really stupid places Amazon hides them. <br /><br />I now have a technique which seems to work well in terms of finding all the good ones because I come at it from about three different directions!<br /><br />The great bit is I find all these books that I never knew existed but which are have had very good reviews in the past (presumably when books were easier to find!)<br /><br />Still takes far too long though!Making A Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13509483023337008890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-9173648133453008172010-05-12T21:14:27.001+00:002010-05-12T21:14:27.001+00:00Oh, I'm so relieved to read this post Katherin...Oh, I'm so relieved to read this post Katherine! I thought I was a numbskull because for years I haven't been able to find things on Amazon! I've only in the last year or so found out they sell paints and Moleskine books but finding art materials is next to impossible unless you put specific words in the search - and no spelling errors. It's bizarre that watercolours are in the toys section. I rely on blogs to find out about the latest books. Like you I spend hours looking for things there but unless you know exactly what you are looking for you are unlikely to come across it or new books to entice - and the same old things come up in their 'recommendations for you' again and again even when you change them out!Felicity Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11145205761346733464noreply@blogger.com