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There's no book recommendation system in the same way that we have music recommendation through Spotify et al, and video/movie recommendation through Netflix, Y
by carlosjobim 1y ago
There's no book recommendation system in the same way that we have music recommendation through Spotify et al, and video/movie recommendation through Netflix, YouTube et al.
The best way to discover books is when they are mentioned in other good books, but this does nothing for new books.
A book recommendation system will need to have access to full-text search within the books to work well. That will solve the problem.
- colechristensen 1y agoRecommendation systems are just bad across the board. Audible says "You liked this John Scalzi book? Here's every other Scalzi book as a recommendation! Also a few other very popular books which are almost exactly the same as the one you just read!" Amazon says "You just bought a hammer, here are 37 more hammers in case you want another one!" Why yes, I do like books with spaceships in them, but maybe I want to see more than the next 20 most popular books with spaceships in them... Recommendation engines fail by failing to make connections that aren't in the immediate neighborhood.
- WillAdams 1y agoI've found that: https://www.literature-map.com/ https://www.literature-map.com/ works well for authors whose books sell well enough to be listed there.
- boznz 1y agoThe algorithm is your enemy, not your friend.
- carlosjobim 1y agoIt doesn't have to be an algorithm, it could be recommendations by real people. But I haven't found any such system which is as extensive as music or video recommendations.