Today In Hilariously Wrong Kobobooks Recommendations - Page 2

AnemicOak · 02-17-2013, 11:24 AM

My Kobo recommendations haven't been too far off for the most part. My biggest problem is clicking on "Already Read It" doesn't work (clicking Not Interested works fine) and I've tried it on multiple browsers (Chrome & IE) and multiple computers. The recommendations would probably get better if I could tell the system I've read some of them.

paola · 02-17-2013, 03:13 PM

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Originally Posted by AnemicOak

My Kobo recommendations haven't been too far off for the most part. My biggest problem is clicking on "Already Read It" doesn't work (clicking Not Interested works fine) and I've tried it on multiple browsers (Chrome & IE) and multiple computers. The recommendations would probably get better if I could tell the system I've read some of them.

actually, I don't have this "already read it" option either on the desktop app nor on the ereader (nor online): is this part of the new firmware?

AnemicOak · 02-17-2013, 05:48 PM

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Originally Posted by paola

actually, I don't have this "already read it" option either on the desktop app nor on the ereader (nor online): is this part of the new firmware?

I'm talking about on the website.

DNSB · 02-18-2013, 02:10 AM

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Originally Posted by GeoffR

I've seen the Kobo recommendations get much better as I buy more books. At first I was getting about 90% romance recommendations, but as I have bought nothing but scifi and fantasy the romance recommendations are down to about 10%.

I filled out Kobo's getting-to-know-you survey and entered romance as the one genre I never want to read, so hopefully that will get rid of them altogether.

I suspect I will be seeing many more romance recommendations as I rarely buy books from the Kobo site. Free books I tend to acquire from elsewhere -- elsewhere being defined any place where I can obtain the books without DRM. The majority of my books purchases are from Baen and other non-DRM loving publishers.

Guess I'll have to live with the unintended humour of many of their recommendations.

Regards,
David

paola · 02-18-2013, 04:18 AM

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Originally Posted by AnemicOak

I'm talking about on the website.

thanks - I never saw it, but will look for it!

murg · 02-18-2013, 04:42 AM

For some reason, I always get the Fifty Shades books recommended to me. Which makes no sense, as you'd have to tie me down and whip me to get me to read them...

bartveld · 02-18-2013, 06:29 AM

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Originally Posted by murg

For some reason, I always get the Fifty Shades books recommended to me. Which makes no sense, as you'd have to tie me down and whip me to get me to read them...

Willa · 02-18-2013, 10:18 AM

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Originally Posted by murg

For some reason, I always get the Fifty Shades books recommended to me. Which makes no sense, as you'd have to tie me down and whip me to get me to read them...

GeoffR · 02-18-2013, 02:59 PM

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Originally Posted by DNSB

I suspect I will be seeing many more romance recommendations as I rarely buy books from the Kobo site. Free books I tend to acquire from elsewhere -- elsewhere being defined any place where I can obtain the books without DRM. The majority of my books purchases are from Baen and other non-DRM loving publishers.

Guess I'll have to live with the unintended humour of many of their recommendations.

Kobo sells some books DRM-free, I think the choice is up to the publisher, but I can't work out the logic to it. The first book of Peter F. Hamilton's Void Trilogy had DRM, but the other two are DRM-free. All three are published by Pan Macmillan UK.

JSWolf · 02-18-2013, 03:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Shai-Hulud

Next up: "Incontinence" by I.P. Freely?

That's not the correct author. The correct author is I.P. Dailey.

davidfor · 02-18-2013, 06:27 PM

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Originally Posted by GeoffR

Kobo sells some books DRM-free, I think the choice is up to the publisher, but I can't work out the logic to it. The first book of Peter F. Hamilton's Void Trilogy had DRM, but the other two are DRM-free. All three are published by Pan Macmillan UK.

Yes, it is up to the publisher or author. But, Kobo have made some mistakes. I have seen a couple of books in a series that the author specified to be DRM free but weren't. When he heard about it, he had it fixed.

Shai-Hulud · 02-20-2013, 09:22 AM

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

That's not the correct author. The correct author is I.P. Dailey.

Peeing daily isn't incontinence (just thought I'd let you know :P)

bartveld · 02-21-2013, 04:40 AM

To be fair, something seems to have changed and since a few days recommendations seem to be better. Maybe Kobo needs some time to let my purchases and wishlist sink in. It's still not as good as Amazon's sytem, but certainly better...

Corpsegoddess · 02-21-2013, 06:33 AM

I just love how they keep recommending "50 Shades of Grey" to me---even though I've told them MULTIPLE times I'm not interested.

If I want to read crappy fanfic, I can do it on the internet for free, thanks.

bartveld · 02-21-2013, 09:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Corpsegoddess

I just love how they keep recommending "50 Shades of Grey" to me---even though I've told them MULTIPLE times I'm not interested.

If I want to read crappy fanfic, I can do it on the internet for free, thanks.

Yeah, well, that one seems to be inevitable.

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02-17-2013, 11:24 AM	#16
AnemicOak Bookaholic Posts: 14,391 Karma: 54969924 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Minnesota Device: iPad Mini 4, AuraHD, iPhone XR +	My Kobo recommendations haven't been too far off for the most part. My biggest problem is clicking on "Already Read It" doesn't work (clicking Not Interested works fine) and I've tried it on multiple browsers (Chrome & IE) and multiple computers. The recommendations would probably get better if I could tell the system I've read some of them.

02-18-2013, 04:42 AM	#21
murg No Comment Posts: 3,240 Karma: 23878043 Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Australia Device: Kobo: Not just an eReader, it's an adventure!	For some reason, I always get the Fifty Shades books recommended to me. Which makes no sense, as you'd have to tie me down and whip me to get me to read them...

02-21-2013, 04:40 AM	#28
bartveld Evangelist Posts: 413 Karma: 1477913 Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Netherlands Device: KA1, Galaxy S8, Galaxy Tab A 10.1, ReMarkable	To be fair, something seems to have changed and since a few days recommendations seem to be better. Maybe Kobo needs some time to let my purchases and wishlist sink in. It's still not as good as Amazon's sytem, but certainly better...

02-21-2013, 06:33 AM	#29
Corpsegoddess Groupie Posts: 190 Karma: 168826 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Vancouver, BC Device: Kobo Aura One	I just love how they keep recommending "50 Shades of Grey" to me---even though I've told them MULTIPLE times I'm not interested. If I want to read crappy fanfic, I can do it on the internet for free, thanks.