Is there an official description of Men's Adventures? If so, what is it?
Amazon needs to moderate their categories
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I've read some Mack Bolan and Remo Williams back in the day, also Casca which was listed as 'adventure' in the library... but if you had a Men's Adventure style book with a female MC, would that still be Men's Adventure? 
Also, enforcing the categories strictly would require someone to read the books.
Also, enforcing the categories strictly would require someone to read the books.
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NOW maybe people understand why I am constantly complaining about genre definitions and placing books in the correct category? 
Amazon is not going to spend money to police the categories. They are left up to the individual publishers. The reason why you see books that have nothing to do with a category in a category is because of a combination of authors deliberately putting books in those categories for various reasons. Either they don't understand the definition of the category, or they think they can get visibility by putting their book in a smaller category. There is a strong undercurrent in some areas to put books where they will get the most visibility instead of where they would most fit.
Sort of like those SEO moochers who name drop celebrities on their blogs not because they have anything relevent to say about them or because the book has anything to do with the celebrity, but simply in the hopes of redirecting traffic.
Amazon is not going to spend money to police the categories. They are left up to the individual publishers. The reason why you see books that have nothing to do with a category in a category is because of a combination of authors deliberately putting books in those categories for various reasons. Either they don't understand the definition of the category, or they think they can get visibility by putting their book in a smaller category. There is a strong undercurrent in some areas to put books where they will get the most visibility instead of where they would most fit.
Sort of like those SEO moochers who name drop celebrities on their blogs not because they have anything relevent to say about them or because the book has anything to do with the celebrity, but simply in the hopes of redirecting traffic.
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B-but Paranormal Fantasy exists...Bards and Sages (Julie) said:NOW maybe people understand why I am constantly complaining about genre definitions and placing books in the correct category?
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Tell that to Plato.George Berger said:
As far as I can tell, empirically, he's a 20th-century construct, too.Bards and Sages (Julie) said:Tell that to Plato.
I kid, I kid.
Time will tell. There's a brand new Destroyer spinoff that has Remo's son and daughter working together. I think the series is called Legacy.glutton said:I've read some Mack Bolan and Remo Williams back in the day, also Casca which was listed as 'adventure' in the library... but if you had a Men's Adventure style book with a female MC, would that still be Men's Adventure?
Also, enforcing the categories strictly would require someone to read the books.
I was looking at a particular category, and sorted by release date. The first two pages of entries listed books w/ a release date of Dec 31, 2036. Or 2030, or 2015... you get the idea. The only reason i can think of for that is so that their book will be at the top of the "most recent published" list. And these aren't all self-published indies... many are well-known, trad-published books. Sort of disappointing, if that's the tactic they're using. But hey, maybe I'll try that neat trick on my next book. ![:-\](/s3/kboards.com/data/smilies/undecided.gif "Undecided :-\")
Hmmm... if I publish the exact same book, but give a current publish date, couldn't I sue them for copying my work...? I mean, 2030 hasn't even happened yet.Jena H said:I was looking at a particular category, and sorted by release date. The first two pages of entries listed books w/ a release date of Dec 31, 2036. Or 2030, or 2015... you get the idea. The only reason i can think of for that is so that their book will be at the top of the "most recent published" list. And these aren't all self-published indies... many are well-known, trad-published books. Sort of disappointing, if that's the tactic they're using. But hey, maybe I'll try that neat trick on my next book.
I thought he was a hound?George Berger said:As far as I can tell, empirically, he's a 20th-century construct, too.
I've been trying to figure out a way to get them to break their Historical Fiction category down into sub-categories for months. I don't think they'll ever start paying attention to how their categories are used, and whether there's a way to make the category feature more profitable for their own company! Uuuuurgh!!!
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