[brokenmasonjars]

Sort of wish they'd focus on what they already have first. I mean I get it, it's a good market to get into ...but.. how about - making a single login for abebooks fr, uk, com, etc.. that aligns with your main amazon account and - audible account. Why do I need maybe 7 different accounts on services owned by the same company? Better yet, how about taking the databases of books on sale at the various abebooks sub regional sites and put them on the main amazon.com page. I collect a lot of old cookbooks, and old lectures (Rede, Chichele, Ford etc) and often find that to find better deals than what is on amazon.com I have to go on different abebooks sites to find them. Also - have had experiences where I go on amazon fr or ca and order a cookbook easily purchasable on those sites vs .com site. It's terribly aggravating! So I just wish they'd focus on making that easier to deal with before venturing onto other areas. That said, grocery should be decent.. I already hire taskrabbit individuals to do my shopping for me..they are hit or miss.. I never put them in charge of buying seafood..never.

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> making a single login for [...] Why do I need maybe 7 different accounts on services owned by the same company?

Wasn't this what the HN community was up in arms about when Google did it for YouTube?

[lelandbatey]

I suspect not, since that seemed to stem from a "forced-merge" of what where separate identities, for communication purposes. Basically, people don't like their Youtube comments and viewing history being tied in with a Google+ account (even if that wasn't happening, people where worried).

However, there's not usually that same desire for separate identities with online stores (for non-intimate purchases). So when a consumer goes to buy an audio book and they see they can use the same Amazon login that they use for buying USB chargers and lightbulbs, all they think is "oh, how convenient"!

[brokenmasonjars]

I don't really consider myself part of HN. I'm an observer. Lots of interesting articles are shared with some great comments that follow.

I think though the Google and Youtube stuff is a bit different than what I would like to see with Amazon and abebooks. Youtube was known for it's commenting feeds, there was an anonymity around making comments with usernames to hide behind. Forcing you to create a single login so to connect to your profile page on Google removed that anonymity and was aimed at curtailing the atmosphere found in the comment sections. Thankfully, it has prevailed to some extent as I always enjoyed the comments on videos despite how crude they can be at times. It's cheap entertainment. For Amazon/Abebooks... I mean it's really about just ordering products. I suppose if you write reviews there is that issue sort of but not really either. I rarely see reviews on abebooks compared to amazon. The atmosphere within reviews on Amazon say pre-2009(?) was humorous as well. However it seems Amazon has long stamped out the trolling comments/reviews. The comparison I think might not work so well then in regards to single login. Especially considering that abebooks/amazon aspect is to order things and have it shipped to my house..my residents. I'm not necessarily trying to be anonymous behind various usernames. I rarely do reviews, and it's with a different account usually to counter books that only have 1 review by someone giving it 1 star because it took too long to ship..or something thus not based on the content of the book. Well I use to anyways counter that stuff but I really don't care much these days so I don't really bother. I just want to simply order books without having to log onto 7+ different sites all owned by the same corporation.

edit: more words added.

[swampthinker]

Not really. The backlash came more from Google trying to push G+ alongside that YouTube rollout.

[erikpukinskis]

I lost control a YouTube account with over 4 million views due to the changeover, so I am kind of bummed about it.