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Slightly off topic, but given Amazon is off conquering the world, does anyone else feel as though Barnes & Noble could put together a data driven blog regarding
by pmart123 8y ago
Slightly off topic, but given Amazon is off conquering the world, does anyone else feel as though Barnes & Noble could put together a data driven blog regarding trending books, topics, how different books are read, etc. much like OkCupid did for dating a while back? It might not be as sexy of a topic, but it could captivate an audience to think about Barnes & Noble when you buy a book?
- swagasaurus-rex 8y agoThey could make a dating app that pairs you with people of similar literary taste. It'd probably be a better match than those ok cupid algorithms, and an instant ice breaker.
- conanbatt 8y agoThat was an actual hackathon project at Scribd. Instead, I wanted to do reading-sentiment showing which parts of the book were exciting by measuring engagement, to learn years later porn-sites had been doing that successfully for a long time. I guess Freud had a point.
- imcoconut 8y agoThis is a very good idea.