Thursday, November 01, 2007

Oh Amazon, Really?

Before reading any further, let me remind everyone about Kate Sutherland's marvelous All in Together Girls, it's a book of literary, some linked, some not, short stories that mainly take place in Saskatchewan. The music that gets referenced is mainly of the rock variety. Again, it's a work of literary fiction.

That said, this might just be the best one yet:

Dear Amazon.ca Customer,

We've noticed that customers who have purchased or rated All In Together Girls by Kate Sutherland have also purchased Christmas in the Hood by Nikki Turner. For this reason, you might like to know that Christmas in the Hood is now available. You can order yours at a savings of 32% by following the link below.

Christmas in the Hood Christmas in the Hood
Nikki Turner
List Price:CDN$ 17.95
Price: CDN$ 12.20
You Save: CDN$ 5.75 (32%)


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Book Description
The undisputed queen of hip-hop fiction, #1 Essence bestselling author Nikki Turner unwraps a talented new collection of writers with raw urban stories to jingle your bells this season.

Christmas in the Hood presents fresh talent alongside shining stars such as K. Elliott and Seth “Soul Man” Ferranti–all writing gritty tales that reveal what the holidays bring for the naughty and the nice who live by the code of the street. In “Secret Santa,” after her children’s Christmas presents are stolen, a woman has to decide what she’s willing to sacrifice to give them the holiday they deserve; in “Me and Grandma,” a senior sleighs more crack than candy canes to bring Christmas cheer to ... Read more

Two words: Awe. Some.

2 comments:

Melwyk said...

Hahahaha. Perhaps they should call it Amazon's Random Recommendations!

Heather said...

LOL Has Kate seen this?? hehe

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