Well, some call it "Bus Drivers Syndrome." (see prior post on the subject: http://isabelswift.livejournal.com/14544) It's easy to find--if you know where & how to look, what the categories are, what the right questions are, what the answers mean. But for some, book buying--it's an undiscovered land.
And the Amazon is a big river. If you didn't already know where to go on line, would you know how to find a book in Amazon? Which Navi-bar to check? Right or left side? Select for books? Can you just put an author's name in the box? What if someone has the same title, what will come up? Really there is a lot of sh*t to wade through--you just don't see it anymore because you've done it a million times. I know it seems obvious, but you try walking into a B&N superstore & think about where on earth you are supposed to even begin to look for your niece Fifi's book. Fiction? Literature? A-Z? Hardcover? Paperback? Fantasy? YA? Maybe that store categorizes things in a different way....And maybe you don't want to ask the harried clerk (if you can even find one) and you don't know how to use the computer info terminal. Maybe it's all just an exercise in humiliation and frustration. As movingfinger notes, they just want to be pointed to a guaranteed good time, and that's not easy.
If you're in the business of selling books, do think about how clueless someone can be & still find your work. Preaching to the choir isn't going to convert anyone.
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And the Amazon is a big river. If you didn't already know where to go on line, would you know how to find a book in Amazon? Which Navi-bar to check? Right or left side? Select for books? Can you just put an author's name in the box? What if someone has the same title, what will come up? Really there is a lot of sh*t to wade through--you just don't see it anymore because you've done it a million times. I know it seems obvious, but you try walking into a B&N superstore & think about where on earth you are supposed to even begin to look for your niece Fifi's book. Fiction? Literature? A-Z? Hardcover? Paperback? Fantasy? YA? Maybe that store categorizes things in a different way....And maybe you don't want to ask the harried clerk (if you can even find one) and you don't know how to use the computer info terminal. Maybe it's all just an exercise in humiliation and frustration. As movingfinger notes, they just want to be pointed to a guaranteed good time, and that's not easy.
If you're in the business of selling books, do think about how clueless someone can be & still find your work. Preaching to the choir isn't going to convert anyone.