diff --git a/chrome/chromeFiles/content/scholar/xpcom/translate.js b/chrome/chromeFiles/content/scholar/xpcom/translate.js
index 8c5c70cea..fa7666c31 100644
--- a/chrome/chromeFiles/content/scholar/xpcom/translate.js
+++ b/chrome/chromeFiles/content/scholar/xpcom/translate.js
@@ -827,6 +827,17 @@ Scholar.Translate.prototype._enableAsynchronous = function() {
  * called as selectItems() in translator code
  */
 Scholar.Translate.prototype._selectItems = function(options) {
+	// hack to see if there are options
+	var haveOptions = false;
+	for(var i in options) {
+		haveOptions = true;
+		break;
+	}
+	
+	if(!haveOptions) {
+		throw "translator called select items with no items";
+	}
+	
 	if(this._handlers.select) {
 		return this._runHandler("select", options);
 	} else {	// no handler defined; assume they want all of them
diff --git a/scrapers.sql b/scrapers.sql
index 0512d709e..c058cba1b 100644
--- a/scrapers.sql
+++ b/scrapers.sql
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
--- 72
+-- 73
 
 -- Set the following timestamp to the most recent scraper update date
 REPLACE INTO "version" VALUES ('repository', STRFTIME('%s', '2006-08-31 22:44:00'));
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ function doWeb(doc, url) {
 		}
 		
 		var searchresults = Scholar.Utilities.gatherElementsOnXPath(doc, doc, xpath, nsResolver);
-		var items = Scholar.Utilities.getItemArray(doc, searchresults, ''^http://www\.amazon\.com/(gp/product/|exec/obidos/tg/detail/)'', ''^(Buy new|Hardcover|Paperback|Digital)$'');
+		var items = Scholar.Utilities.getItemArray(doc, searchresults, ''^http://www\.amazon\.com/(gp/product/|exec/obidos/tg/detail/|[^/]+/dp/)'', ''^(Buy new|Hardcover|Paperback|Digital)$'');
 		items = Scholar.selectItems(items);
 		
 		if(!items) {