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April 2009

LGBT and Adult Books are Unranked #amazonfail hits Twitter

Submitted by ardith on Mon, 2009-04-13 21:07

Twitter exploded with the news that Amazon's been playing with rankings. Reading the #amazonfail posts have been a wash of outraged readers and authors.

The SmartBitches have their eyes on the prize with Amazon Rank. Apparently, the tweeking has been going on since February!

Amazon's explanations have been less than stellar. Simon from Icarus Publishing summarizes the kerfluffle here.

Romantic Commercial with Adorable Chinese Song

Submitted by ardith on Sun, 2009-04-26 16:42

Cao Fang - Meet Me
Cao Fang is a Chinese Indie Pop singer who's song was just featured in the US. Her song, In Summer, underscores an adorable GE commercial. It was so adorable that I just had to google the song (and watch the commercial again on the internets.) You can download "In Summer" from the album Meet Me from iTunes.
Cao Fang - Meet Me - In Summer

I don't usually comment on commercials, but the story was cute and funny. The song really is just catchy. Check it out in action! The song