[This post self-edited with fire-extinguisher, but there may be some hot spots. Beware]
Between 17-18 of these titles would be unsuitable, unacceptable or offensive in any Jewish library. This is not counting Kabbalah center productions and some other fairly venal narishkeit. The list is updated hourly which means that it in no way indicates which books have legs and which are just having a brief or very brief moment in the sun. All of the data that Amazon presents is the product of data mining. Clearly from my comments above, and more that others could make, Amazon's data-mining is not tweaked to serve the informational needs of the Jewish library community. It probably could be, but it is not. I understand the curiosity about the issues of the demographics of Book publishing. However, JEWISH book publishing is something that Amazon is only marginally associated with. Much of the important work in Jewish publishing is being done well below the radar of Amazon, Barnes and Noble and the other large players in the book trade. The people who do that work operate in an environment where the issue is more likely to be how to keep the ball rolling (getting the next important book out) rather that how to make an enormous return on investment to satisfy the shareholders. Best Regards, Henry Hollander Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) =========================================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html History: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/history.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
