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With all the digital tools we use to read books (Kindle et al), wouldn't it be possible to track people who have actually read the book? People who have looked
by wereHamster 14y ago
With all the digital tools we use to read books (Kindle et al), wouldn't it be possible to track people who have actually read the book? People who have looked and spent at least a minute looking at >90% of the pages in the book? Throw in a bit cryptography and account tracking and it should be much more accurate than just tracking purchases.
- hayksaakian 14y agoIts the same issue as neilson scores for TV. Statistically questionable, but highly respected. Any competitor has less appeal.
- ebf 14y agoI know publishing through Amazon, authors have access to that type of data.
- aw3c2 14y agoAnd that's why I would never buy a ebook reader that phones home. This is creepy. It is no one's business but mine what I read and when and how fast.
- azov 14y agoThis will just lead to low wage workers in some third world country being hired to flip pages on huge racks of Kindles. The thing is - popularity is a stupid metrics to use for picking reading material (or almost anything else). There's a small number of people I respect enough to read anything they recommend, but I'm not going to read something just because lots of random people choose to read it.
- Jabbles 14y agoI'd like to see someone buy their way onto http://www.thegatesnotes.com/books http://www.thegatesnotes.com/books Although I don't always agree with Bill on whether a book is worth reading or not, it's a reasonable indicator that I'll find it interesting and intellectually stimulating.