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Originally Posted by kennyc
My experience is just the opposite. At least with Amazon. I find that their recommendations for similar books based on the one I'm looking at and suggestions based on my wish list or buying habits etc are excellent and give me much to browse and learn about, in fact I often find myself spending way too much time following suggestions, and browsing books. 
This could never happen in a physical book store arranged by category and author.  |
Of course, it doesn't allow for serendipity. In a book store I frequently happen on something I would not have thought to read that turns out to be a gem. Amazon tends to put you into a plantation consisting only of titles in genres with which you are already familiar.