3 ms·
On a side note, I noticed some of the best book "choices" I've made came when I was able to read a couple snippets. Just enough to get my curiosity going. It w
by DantesKite 7y ago
On a side note, I noticed some of the best book "choices" I've made came when I was able to read a couple snippets. Just enough to get my curiosity going.
It would be cool if Amazon released some of the most highlighted passages for some of these stories. I feel like it would do more for discoverability than just recommending book titles.
- JNRowe 7y agoYeah, I'd like to see some improvement too. Simply asking strangers who you think may be like you feels weak. My favourite weird recommendation was The 2020 Commission Report¹. I watched a guy miss his stop on the train home because his thoughts were so taken by it. Seemed like a good enough reason to pick it up ;) 1. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_2020_Commission_Report_on_the_North_Korean_Nuclear_Attacks_Against_the_United_States https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_2020_Commission_Report_o...
- DantesKite 7y agoOhh. Thanks for the recommendation. Just reading about the Wikipedia article had me entranced.
- vector_spaces 7y agoThat's a cool idea for a browser extension -- pull quotes off Wikiquote and inject them into the item listing