From: Deg Farrelly <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2015 20:53:22 +0000

Much different from Jim O’Donnell’s postings on finding a paperback
copy of Ulysses on Amazon comes this report on algorithmic pricing by
some sellers on the Amazon site.

Noted in yesterday's NYTimes “Bits”

Amazon's $23,698,655.93 Book About Flies | MICHAELEISEN.ORG

Amazon retailers are increasingly using algorithmic pricing, employing
algorithms that didn't have a built-in sanity check on the prices they
produced, according to a researcher. - Ashwin Seshagiri

http://www.michaeleisen.org/blog/?p=358&nl=technology&emc=edit_tu_20150928

deg farrelly
Media Librarian/Streaming Video Administrator
Arizona State University Libraries
Tempe, AZ  85287-1006