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I’m assuming nobody is surprised by this: “New AI capabilities make it easier for sellers to write engaging, effective product listings, and help shoppers find what they are looking for.” BTW, just quietly, the whole blog post announcing it feels like it was written by AI. The telltale bloat of over-explaining a topic. So I asked ChatGPT to summarise it – here’s all...

I love Amazon. For so many reasons. One of the reasons: reviews on books Usually so helpful. But I feel sorry for authors who get 1 star reviews because a customer received a damaged book. That’s not the author’s fault, and there’s nothing they can do about it. It also offers no value to people reading the reviews. And… of all the places to complain about a damaged book...

I read a lot of fiction on Kindle. Most books I love. Yesterday I finished a book (I won’t mention which one) and absolutely hated the ending. It was a detective story and in the end the book’s protagonist dies, and the murderer gets away. Justice does not prevail. I loathe books like that. Although I won’t get those hours of my life back, I did get my money back. Straight onto...