WTF (or “Amazon loses the plot”)

You know how Amazon keeps track of things you’ve purchased, and can send you emails of the form “if you liked X, then you’re sure to also like our new product Y that just came out”?

Apparently there is either A) some kind of weird snag with the recommendation engine, or B) there are vast, secret, and strange connections underlying things that I don’t understand:

From: Amazon.com [mailto:books-store@amazon.com]
Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2005 12:56 AM
To: my email address
Subject: “Advanced Manufacturing Technology for Medical Applications (Engineering Research Series (REP))” by Ian Gibson at Amazon.com

Dear Amazon.com Customer,

As someone who has purchased books by Alan Moore, you might like to know that “Advanced Manufacturing Technology for Medical Applications (Engineering Research Series (REP))” will be released soon. You can pre-order your copy by following the link below.

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