Show HN: Amazon Search on Steroids

Re:Show HN: Amazon Search on Steroids by dleightful on Wednesday August 17, 2016 @02:57PM (#12307337)

Is it possible to search for books that have been blurbed by certain authors? For example, if I'm interested in a list of books that Donald Knuth, or heaven forbid Gary Shteyngart, has blurbed and recommended, how would I go about doing that? Often the product descriptions will have blurbs or reviews from various sources listed on the Amazon page to induce individuals to read the book or atleast permit it to capture their attention.

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Re:Show HN: Amazon Search on Steroids by LeifCarrotson on Wednesday August 17, 2016 @03:22PM (#12307551)

> blurbed

What does this mean? Is it a typo for blogged, a new social network used by Knuth and Shteyngart, or a word I've never heard of?

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Re:Show HN: Amazon Search on Steroids by ronp2016 on Wednesday August 17, 2016 @03:26PM (#12307596)

I think he means the quotes praising the book that appear typically on the back cover of a physical book. https://susanleighnoble.wordpress.com/2012/09/18/writing-an-...

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Re:Show HN: Amazon Search on Steroids by giarc on Wednesday August 17, 2016 @03:49PM (#12307800)

I think they may refer to the actual Amazon page, found under "Editorial Reviews". For example, from a random book I found.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0385542364/ref=s9_qpp_gw_d...

Editorial reviews by Oprah, someone from the NYT, People, NPR etc.

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Re:Show HN: Amazon Search on Steroids by ceyhunkazel on Wednesday August 17, 2016 @03:38PM (#12307701)

It is not possible, but can be implemented Amazon Advertising API /scraping and machine learning.

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