Odd message from Amazon

[bindeweede]

I recently bought a copy of the latest Chambers Dictionary for a friend. I received this message today from Amazon.

Sorry, but I don't get the connection.........

Greetings from Amazon.co.uk,

We've noticed that customers who have expressed interest in The Chambers Dictionary by Editors of Chambers have also ordered Miracle Juices: Over 40 Juices for a Healthy Life by Charmaine Yabsley. For this reason, you might like to know that this book is now available. You can order your copy for just £3.99 (33% off the RRP) by following the link below

Am I missing something...............?

[Araneus]

Where's the confusion? Customers who buy book X also buy book Y, you buy book X, Amazon suggest book Y based on past trends.

You might wonder why customers who like book X also want book Y, but that's not Amazon's problem.

[Mongrel]

Buy more stuff :)

It helps refine their profile of you (and as long as your using the UKS link John won't mind either ;))

[Admin]

It looks like some quirk in their system or perhaps that is the book that correlates most strongly with sales of the dictionary.

And yes our book store is here: http://www.ukskeptics.com/bookstore.php

And a direct affiliate link is here: Amazon direct link (http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.co.uk%2F&tag=ukskeptics-21&linkCode=ur2&camp=1634&creative=6738)

Commission is only around 4% but we're getting between £20 and £40 a month from it so it does make a difference to UKS. O0

[dotcommentator]

Some people must be rather fond of flicking through their dictionary awhile sipping some miracle juice.