Friday, October 24, 2003
When is $100 better than $4,495?
I just visited Amazon.com and got this message...
I don't know if this will ever help me, but it sounds like a nifty feature.
The contest mentioned later in the message, however, is what I find amusing.
Have you ever seen a Segway? It's for everyone who's ever thought, "walking slowly is just too strenuous." It is the death of the human race.
Forget the grand prize — I'd rather have the $100.
Starting today, you can find books at Amazon.com based on every word inside them, not just on matches to the author or title keywords. Search Inside the Book — the name for this new feature — searches the complete inside text of more than 120,000 books — all 33 million pages of them.
I don't know if this will ever help me, but it sounds like a nifty feature.
The contest mentioned later in the message, however, is what I find amusing.
We'd love to hear about your experiences using Search Inside the Book. We're running a contest where we'll award our grand prize winner a Segway Human Transporter. Ten additional customers will each win a $100 Amazon.com gift certificate.
Have you ever seen a Segway? It's for everyone who's ever thought, "walking slowly is just too strenuous." It is the death of the human race.
Forget the grand prize — I'd rather have the $100.
