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Acquiring this goal is accomplished by employing machine learning algorithms within platform-side software module. The main goal of the module is to characterize learners according with performed activities and to offer advice regarding the resources that need to be accessed in order to increase the knowledge level of studied discipline. This paper presents a method of providing intelligent character to an e-Learning platform by running a platform-side software module. One of the important research areas is related to improving e-Learning activity by giving the intelligent character to this activity besides core functionalities that is implemented in all e-Learning platforms. I want to see what, if anything, Amazon does or how they respond to this.E-Learning area has been intensively developed in recent years. With everyone crying over the economy and the fact that it’s in the shitter, I’d think businesses would be going that extra mile to make every sale count, to highlight every possible source of revenue, NOT shut down an entire freight train of income and piss off not only a huge customer base but the authors of all those books as well. Right? RIGHT? Or are you so willing to piss that away? If I add up all my receipts from Amazon over the last few years, I’m willing to bet I pay an Amazon execs salary, so I’d say my business counts for something.

In fact, I gave up my monthly shopping spree at Eharlequin to buy ALL titles from Amazon.

I have a Kindle (recent) and have already dumped hundreds of dollars into buying Kindle ebooks.

I have given away hundreds and hundreds of dollars in Amazon Gift certificates. I routinely give away not only my books but many many other authors books and I order them from Amazon. My end of the year receipts? Number in the hundreds as far as total orders, thousands of dollars in cost. Lastly, I have been a long, LONG time shopper at Amazon. And I’ve been a total Amazon fan so I say this with no prior bitterness whatsoever.ĥ. But as a business decision? This has to be one of the most moronic I’ve seen in a long long time. I don’t really know because Amazon hasn’t made a statement. This reeks of an emotional decision to pacify a segment of the customer base. Why would you want to cut off a source of revenue? I’d like to know how it makes good BUSINESS SENSE for Amazon to bury these books and cut the visibility of these books. I’ve heard the outcry of discrimination etc etc but let’s put all that aside for a moment and lessen the emotional impact of what’s going on. If a reader is looking for books from an author’s backlist or looking for a new release and they do a search by the author name and the books don’t show up? Missed sale. This leads back to the whole VISIBILITY issue. The books that have been “deranked” are conspicuously absent. When typing in an author name, not all the books are coming up. Aside from rankings, books are disappearing from search results. If a book is stripped of its ranking then obviously it will never be listed on any of the bestseller lists (and there are many by category at Amazon)ģ. It means that a whole lot of readers who look at these lists to see what’s hot, new, popular or what other people are buying are going to SEE this book. However, rankings determine placement on certain bestseller lists.īeing on one of the bestseller lists means VISIBILITY for that book. If you’re looking at it as a popularity contest then no, rankings aren’t terribly important in the scheme of things. I’ve already heard it said, rankings? what’s the big deal? Rankings don’t mean anything. Expecting a business do do so is utterly ridiculous.Ģ. As popular as it is to remove the responsibility from the parent of monitoring their children’s online activity, that is not anyone’s responsibility other than the parent. Nor do I need them to protect my sensibilities. I do not need Amazon to parent my children. Oy! This could take awhile so bear with me.ġ. Suffice to say, there is no rhyme or reason other than apparently Amazon is seeking to protect the sensibilities of some of their customers as well as play parent to kids who might GASP actually come across said books on their site. I won’t go down the extensive list because I’d be here all day. They’ve deranked books containing erotic content as well as many books that do NOT contain erotic elements but are devoted to topics such as gay romance, lifestyles etc etc. But I’m utterly sad that Amazon has performed a WTFery to end all WTFerys. I rarely write about “writerly issues” in my blog because since I’m primarily a reader, I want stuff that pertains to reading.

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