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Originally Posted by DuskyRose
Kobo is always recommending things I've already got, but they never ask to know what I've got outside of their system. So most of their time and energy trying to get me to buy things is wasted. When it actually works, I probably already have the book.
With the recommendations at Amazon, I can go into them and click "I own it". And if I run across something that I've read before, from somewhere else, I can add it to my WL, then go in and delete it, then Amazon lets me say "I own this".
Not that Amazon is perfect. Too many times I've bought books in a series from them, read them, and then find out by accident that there's a new book in the series yet I didn't find out by their recommendations. So I try to sign up for notifications from the author's web page, but not all authors have that option. So I know to keep my eyes open. But they do come up with some good matches once in a while.
If an ebook store really wants my business, they have to recognize that I do buy books elsewhere, and keeping a way to know what I tend to buy extends beyond their business.
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I totally agree. I read last week that Apple had purchased some company referred to as the Pandora of books. I forget the name, but they have already shut down the web site before I could try it. It could be that Apple is trying to improve their recommendation engine. The ebook store that can point me to ebooks that I don't have and am interested in, will get my business. Hopefully competition will force all of them to improve.