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My Kindle won't give me any sort of analytics for my reading. I can track my computer program use with RescueTime, my keystrokes with SelfSpy, my travels with m
by nswanberg 13y ago
My Kindle won't give me any sort of analytics for my reading. I can track my computer program use with RescueTime, my keystrokes with SelfSpy, my travels with my phone, and my heart rate, wattage, and location on my bike with my GPS, but not what and when I read on my Kindle. Does anyone know of a hack to do it? Or an e-reader that does or could be made to do it?
Separately, I'm not convinced that reading analytics would cause a big shift in what is published. Publishing houses appear to publish what turns out to be great literature mostly by accident, and as business tend to publish mostly what they believe will make them money. Analytics might help publishers make a little more money on their commercial works, but it's difficult to imagine a Flaubert, a Joyce, or even a Franzen decide to alter their vision based on some prospective sales numbers. But who knows, perhaps someone will use the technology to create something that is both profound and accessible to a larger audience.
- redwall_hp 13y agoGood thing ebooks increasingly make publishing houses irrelevant. Write a book, hire a copyeditor, and publish it yourself.
- svenkatesh 13y agoFrom my experience, most self-published works are far worse in quality than curated material. The fact of the matter is that most self-publishers aren't willing to pony up the money to hire content and creative editors.
- Nursie 13y agoI don't know of anything specifically to do that, but you can get shell access to various kindle models (I have a Kindle Touch) and it does do some calculations (11 minutes left in chapter) so it might be worth having a poke around its file system.
- mikecane 13y agoSee Kobo's Reading Life: http://www.kobobooks.com/stats http://www.kobobooks.com/stats