Comments on: Our monthly look at Amazon’s Jewish bestsellers http://www.jewishliteraryreview.com/2007/11/our-monthly-look-at-amazons-jewish-bestsellers/ Jewish books, literature and poetry. Mon, 30 Aug 2010 03:19:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Steve Pollak http://www.jewishliteraryreview.com/2007/11/our-monthly-look-at-amazons-jewish-bestsellers/#comment-27 Steve Pollak Mon, 03 Dec 2007 15:18:04 +0000 /post/Our-monthly-look-at-Amazons-Jewish-bestsellers.aspx#comment-27 i actually never even knew what a Gravatar was before i started using this bloggging software. the one you see with my posts are graciously provided by blogengine.net. i actually never even knew what a Gravatar was before i started using this bloggging software. the one you see with my posts are graciously provided by blogengine.net.

]]> By: ck http://www.jewishliteraryreview.com/2007/11/our-monthly-look-at-amazons-jewish-bestsellers/#comment-26 ck Mon, 03 Dec 2007 11:46:55 +0000 /post/Our-monthly-look-at-Amazons-Jewish-bestsellers.aspx#comment-26 My gravatar? What the heck is <i>your</i> gravatar?? I was suggesting Amazon hire you to compile the list! My gravatar? What the heck is your gravatar?? I was suggesting Amazon hire you to compile the list!

]]> By: Steve Pollak http://www.jewishliteraryreview.com/2007/11/our-monthly-look-at-amazons-jewish-bestsellers/#comment-25 Steve Pollak Mon, 03 Dec 2007 00:16:00 +0000 /post/Our-monthly-look-at-Amazons-Jewish-bestsellers.aspx#comment-25 regarding amazon, if they took your suggestion, i might lose all the great traffic i've gotten from this post. don't listen to him amazon! ck's crazy! just look at his gravatar! regarding amazon, if they took your suggestion, i might lose all the great traffic i’ve gotten from this post.

don’t listen to him amazon! ck’s crazy! just look at his gravatar!

]]> By: ck http://www.jewishliteraryreview.com/2007/11/our-monthly-look-at-amazons-jewish-bestsellers/#comment-24 ck Sun, 02 Dec 2007 15:39:42 +0000 /post/Our-monthly-look-at-Amazons-Jewish-bestsellers.aspx#comment-24 Oh yikes... I should do something about that scary gravatar... Oh yikes… I should do something about that scary gravatar…

]]> By: ck http://www.jewishliteraryreview.com/2007/11/our-monthly-look-at-amazons-jewish-bestsellers/#comment-23 ck Sun, 02 Dec 2007 15:39:07 +0000 /post/Our-monthly-look-at-Amazons-Jewish-bestsellers.aspx#comment-23 So what is a Jewish book anyway? The question's been asked a million times but it merits repetition. Is it a book about Jews, even if written by a non-Jew? Any book written by a Jew regardless of content and theme? Both? I mean, how is Hamlet Jewish? And given that we are the "people of the book" and we tend to buy books a lot judging by the relative success of Jewish themed books, wouldn't behoove Amazon to, you know, maybe have a Jewish book section with a more relevant human-generated best seller list? So what is a Jewish book anyway? The question’s been asked a million times but it merits repetition. Is it a book about Jews, even if written by a non-Jew? Any book written by a Jew regardless of content and theme? Both? I mean, how is Hamlet Jewish?

And given that we are the “people of the book” and we tend to buy books a lot judging by the relative success of Jewish themed books, wouldn’t behoove Amazon to, you know, maybe have a Jewish book section with a more relevant human-generated best seller list?

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