I *told* you it was important
posted by Emma on 15 Jul 2008

Bibliographic data, that is. I've just been browsing Amazon.com because I have to fill out a stupid form for my US distributors about our forthcoming titles (they don't accept ONIX messages, and you know what happens when people don't accept my ONIX messages. Bad things, that's what) and the form includes a field to note down comparable titles. So, not wanting to actually have to think about it, I go to Amazon and browse the Action and Adventure category. And what's there in the top ten? What Was Lost by Catherine Flynn, and Life of Pi by Yann Martel. And my favourite: the audio book of Life with My Sister Madonna by Christopher Ciccone.
Nice categorisation job there, folks. I would definitely have gone to the Action and Adventure category to find those books. Oh, hang on, no I wouldn't.
Comments: 4

Come on Em, there's fun to be had here. Treasure Island? Archaeology. Jane Eyre? Education. American Psycho? Surgery. Any more suggestions?
Posted by: Sarah Bower | July 15, 2008 11:02 AM
Obviously Arts and Crafts - Needle in the Blood
Erotica - The Book of Love
Travel - A Tale of Two Cities
- Paris Immortal
Parenting - The Book of Names
This is too much fun and I shall have to get back to work...
Posted by: Mary-Jane Cullen | July 15, 2008 11:29 AM
Mothernight - Childcare
Sand Daughter- Tourism
Posted by: Sarah Bower | July 15, 2008 11:39 AM
How about Da Vinci Code = anthropology? The anthropology of an illiterate culture?
Posted by: KatharineC | July 15, 2008 05:40 PM