Calvin and Hobbes doesn’t use Google
Attention print book lovers, When Calvin wants to find information, he doesn’t run for Google. Instead, he runs for the encyclopedia. Ironically, the encyclopedia does …
How we discover
Searching and discovery, for searchers
Much knowledge is still sealed in books, away from the internet
When we search for something in Google, and there are no results; we tend to think that if it’s not in Google, then it doesn’t …
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Good news and bad news from Amazon buying Goodreads
Amazon buys the popular social book reading website Goodreads. Is that good or bad news for Goodreads? Possible good news Book exchange system through Goodreads. …
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A solution to book discovery online
People still are not discovering books online, according to by Laura Hazard Owen’s article, “Why online book discovery is broken (and how to fix it).” …
What Google Plus should be used for
Google Plus is for sharing what you read. Facebook is for sharing about your life. We all have some friends who share waaaay too many …
A library with no books
The Library of the future is coming and it has no books! San Antonio has plans for a bookless library. The rendering is quite curious. …
What happened to Amazon’s book rankings by city?
Do you remember when Amazon used to rank books by their popularity in various cities? I enjoyed seeing which books were topselling in Chicago. Or …
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Keeping track of how you discovered books
Goodreads has a poll asking about where you heard about the previous book you read. Here are the results: I voted for “blog post” because …
Browsing through eBooks vs. real books
The vast selection of used books in the basement of After-words bookstore makes me appreciate being able to discover books. But it also makes me …
Metadata for Olympic video
NBC is proclaiming their increased viewership is due to offering so much live video online. While that’s cool, let’s take that a step further. I …