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I wonder how much a truly high-quality book recommendation service that actually worked and people trusted would change the landscape of the book publishing ind

by thorum 2y ago

I wonder how much a truly high-quality book recommendation service that actually worked and people trusted would change the landscape of the book publishing industry. My own experience as an avid reader is that it's quite hard to find books I actually like and that are worth spending money on. But when you hear these numbers about how many books are published and few books make it big, it makes me wonder how many amazing books there could be that I've never heard of because the publishing industry never marketed them.

philshem 2y ago
I’m using ChatGPT as a personalized book recommendation tool. After each book I re-open the thread and explain what I liked and didn’t like and then ask for some more book suggestions and short explanations why. It’s working well enough, and I’m on my 5th book so far with this method.
- queuebert 2y ago
  Surprised Amazon hasn't implemented this.
- haiku2077 2y ago
  Been using it the same way to pick movies to watch.
JamesLeonis 2y ago
Don't weep too many tears. These are the same publishers that market e-books at their physical copy prices, like their movie and music counterparts. > it's quite hard to find books I actually like and that are worth spending money on I bet there are people stuck deep in every one of these organizations trying to get e-books priced down as a way to do more market discovery, and thus more blockbusters statistically. However these ideas are blocked by upper management when they uniformly lambast lost imaginary revenue.
- _3u10 2y ago
  Why wouldn't they? It costs about the same to make an ebook as a physical copy, and provides better value to those who read using ereaders. As well it makes the purchasing decision much easier for consumers.
  - ghaff 2y ago
    A lot of people assume that physical books cost a lot more and it just isn't true--maybe a few dollars.
jp42 2y ago
almost always I really liked the book when a friend recommended it or i stumble upon online thread/conversation where somebody recommended a book. I rarely liked any book that was recommended from some recommender platform like goodread or other variants

by thorum 2y ago

philshem 2y ago

I’m using ChatGPT as a personalized book recommendation tool. After each book I re-open the thread and explain what I liked and didn’t like and then ask for some more book suggestions and short explanations why. It’s working well enough, and I’m on my 5th book so far with this method.

queuebert 2y ago
Surprised Amazon hasn't implemented this.
haiku2077 2y ago
Been using it the same way to pick movies to watch.

JamesLeonis 2y ago

Don't weep too many tears. These are the same publishers that market e-books at their physical copy prices, like their movie and music counterparts. > it's quite hard to find books I actually like and that are worth spending money on I bet there are people stuck deep in every one of these organizations trying to get e-books priced down as a way to do more market discovery, and thus more blockbusters statistically. However these ideas are blocked by upper management when they uniformly lambast lost imaginary revenue.

_3u10 2y ago
Why wouldn't they? It costs about the same to make an ebook as a physical copy, and provides better value to those who read using ereaders. As well it makes the purchasing decision much easier for consumers.
- ghaff 2y ago
  A lot of people assume that physical books cost a lot more and it just isn't true--maybe a few dollars.

jp42 2y ago

almost always I really liked the book when a friend recommended it or i stumble upon online thread/conversation where somebody recommended a book. I rarely liked any book that was recommended from some recommender platform like goodread or other variants