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Bookpossum · 03-28-2012, 10:11 PM

Well, I'm not sure where they are from, but presumably either Featured (sorry, I thought it was called Recommendations) or New Releases. Hang on, I'll have a go with the Kobo.

I keyed in BU (which I recall is what I did the other day as I was looking for a particular book in the Library). I am offered various books and authors I have put on the Kobo and something called The Buddha in the Attic, which I did not. Now I have looked at New Releases, and there is The Buddha in the Attic.

As a second test, I keyed in D. Up popped one author I do have on the Kobo, four other authors I don't plus a book title that I saw in the Featured section, Death Comes to Pemberley.

Last night I went into the Kobo App. just to check, and because I have no books stored there now, it is still wanting me to indicate my interests so it can recommend books to me. Maybe Featured are ones that were previously New Releases.

I suppose some marketing person thought up this brilliant idea, and maybe it works with a lot of people. But it just annoys me, and, it would seem, quite a lot of others who belong to Mobile Read.

03-28-2012, 10:11 PM	#11
Bookpossum Snoozing in the sun Posts: 10,146 Karma: 115423645 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Melbourne, Australia Device: iPad Mini, Kobo Touch	Well, I'm not sure where they are from, but presumably either Featured (sorry, I thought it was called Recommendations) or New Releases. Hang on, I'll have a go with the Kobo. I keyed in BU (which I recall is what I did the other day as I was looking for a particular book in the Library). I am offered various books and authors I have put on the Kobo and something called The Buddha in the Attic, which I did not. Now I have looked at New Releases, and there is The Buddha in the Attic. As a second test, I keyed in D. Up popped one author I do have on the Kobo, four other authors I don't plus a book title that I saw in the Featured section, Death Comes to Pemberley. Last night I went into the Kobo App. just to check, and because I have no books stored there now, it is still wanting me to indicate my interests so it can recommend books to me. Maybe Featured are ones that were previously New Releases. I suppose some marketing person thought up this brilliant idea, and maybe it works with a lot of people. But it just annoys me, and, it would seem, quite a lot of others who belong to Mobile Read. Last edited by Bookpossum; 03-28-2012 at 10:15 PM.