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Stork_Media
Seller of books, blog at http://storkmedia.wordpress.com
Interests: books, fiction, literature
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I am frequently surprised at the quality and interestingness of the automated recommendations I receive. Admittedly, most of those are movies on Netflix rather than books, but I have found that the "people who liked X also liked Y" (described above as "simplistic") style of recommendation actually works pretty well, as do recommendation lists by people who seem to like the same things I do.
A Nate Silver book recommendation engine
It's NCAA tournament time here in the U.S. and plenty of bracketologists are turning to Nate Silver for his statistical expertise. Silver, of course, is known for his book, The Signal and the Noise, as well as predicting presidential elections and Major League Baseball player performance. I'm no...
Writer, not seller, sheesh. Was reading the post above me while typing.
Have You Seen These Books?
Have you seen these books? If you've been browsing for books in B&N chances are you haven't seen these acclaimed books. Why? Except for a few instances they're missing due to an ongoing negotiation between the publisher and the book store chain. Not pointing fingers here... we all love our p...
It's difficult to imagine a book from a seller as popular as Picoult not being available, but we take your word for it . . .
Have You Seen These Books?
Have you seen these books? If you've been browsing for books in B&N chances are you haven't seen these acclaimed books. Why? Except for a few instances they're missing due to an ongoing negotiation between the publisher and the book store chain. Not pointing fingers here... we all love our p...
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