An American Editor

January 18, 2013

Worth Reading: Why Online Book Discovery is Broken (and How to Fix It)

I came upon the following article thanks to a lead from The Digital Reader, one of the blogs I read regularly. The article is from paidContent; I think the article makes some interesting observations and raises some interesting questions. I encourage you to read the article and consider its implications for the future of books.

Why online book discovery is broken (and how to fix it)

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  1. Interesting article. Not that I know what the solution is, especially if we don’t want to bombard the already overwhelmed reader. I was discovered — if you want to call it that — on Amazon, which was simply good luck on my part. Since then it’s been mainly word of mouth with some paid advertising. Without that first bit of serendipity, though, I have no doubt I wouldn’t be where I am now.

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    Comment by Vicki — January 20, 2013 @ 2:44 am | Reply


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