Why cant Amazon categorise books better?

Graham44 · 09-13-2024, 06:48 PM

I know its probably down to the Authors/ publishers, and probably lots of them wack on as many categories as possible to a book, but I find it really, really annoying when browsing a category to find loads of unrelated books being listed in it.

A lot of times I wont have a particular book in mind for my next read but I will have an idea what genre I want, so I will look that genre up on Amazon only to be met by loads of entries that have nothing to do with that category.

Here's a few of the books listed when I was searching for a new horror book to read -

SJ Parris - Treachery, a very good book that I've actually read, but definitely not horror!
Dan Brown the lost Symbol - again certainly wouldnt class this as horror??
The Lord of the rings

Does anyone else find this and do you find it as annoying as I do?

Does anyone know of an effective way of searching Amazon? Or do you perhaps use something like good reads to find your next book then look it up on Amazon?

j.p.s · 09-13-2024, 07:10 PM

If you think other stores give a bit better results, you can search there, then do a general web search on exact titles and authors and an amazon page for the book will probably come up. Same for searching non-store sites.

Graham44 · 09-13-2024, 07:13 PM

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Originally Posted by j.p.s

If you think other stores give a bit better results, you can search there, then do a general web search on exact titles and authors and an amazon page for the book will probably come up. Same for searching non-store sites.

That might be an idea. Though it's mainly a problem when I don't know what I want but just want to browse a genre, perhaps Amazon are just a victim of their own success and their stores becoming a bit unwieldy

hleo12 · 09-13-2024, 09:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Graham44

That might be an idea. Though it's mainly a problem when I don't know what I want but just want to browse a genre, perhaps Amazon are just a victim of their own success and their stores becoming a bit unwieldy

Most probably. And a huge chunk of it is because of one of your original points.
Publishers will list any and every genre available just to increase the marketing of their books.

09-13-2024, 06:48 PM	#1
Graham44 Member Posts: 24 Karma: 858252 Join Date: Sep 2024 Device: Kindle paperwhite signature edition	Why cant Amazon categorise books better? I know its probably down to the Authors/ publishers, and probably lots of them wack on as many categories as possible to a book, but I find it really, really annoying when browsing a category to find loads of unrelated books being listed in it. A lot of times I wont have a particular book in mind for my next read but I will have an idea what genre I want, so I will look that genre up on Amazon only to be met by loads of entries that have nothing to do with that category. Here's a few of the books listed when I was searching for a new horror book to read - SJ Parris - Treachery, a very good book that I've actually read, but definitely not horror! Dan Brown the lost Symbol - again certainly wouldnt class this as horror?? The Lord of the rings Does anyone else find this and do you find it as annoying as I do? Does anyone know of an effective way of searching Amazon? Or do you perhaps use something like good reads to find your next book then look it up on Amazon?

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09-13-2024, 07:10 PM	#2
j.p.s Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,522 Karma: 100606001 Join Date: Apr 2011 Device: pb360	If you think other stores give a bit better results, you can search there, then do a general web search on exact titles and authors and an amazon page for the book will probably come up. Same for searching non-store sites.

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