AWS searches get wrong genre

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AWS searches get wrong genre

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I'm getting "Arts & Photography" for many inappropriate entries; e.g., search for the Collins editions of "The Guns of Navarone" by Alistair Maclean.
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Thanks for the feedback. I get "Literature & Fiction" but nothing is labeled as the HarperCollins edition on the US store. On the UK store I get "Crime,Thrillers & Mystery" and "Antiquarian,Rare & Collectable" as appropriate.

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There is the Collins edition (9780003700831) which I do get "Languages". But it's cataloged like that in Amazon.

The info should come from the bottom of the Amazon page on the categories. It should be the main category.

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Do let me know more ISBNs. when you run into them and the specific store and I can look at more samples, see if there something that can be improved in the genre capture.
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Thanks for the quick reply. Here's another AWS search that gets "Arts & Photography":

"impunity jane" godden 1966
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