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venkatesh · 11-16-2010, 10:44 AM

This is a small tool that I am experimenting with. I think book buying is a both social (recommendations) and personal (exploration) statement. I am trying to come up with an interface which can extract the concepts the book talks about and lets an user read snippets about those concepts.
There is work to be done in showing more relevant snippets.
If users find this exploration of concepts in a book useful, then it is easy to get the rest of the work done to enhance the usability and quality of the product.

Yes, there are other products which can show preview of the content. But I am not sure if they can show the concepts that the book talks about
For example: What does "The Selfish Gene" talk w.r.t to game theory?

Thanks for your inputs and keep it coming.
Please also suggest if you have any suggestions to what kind of features you would like.

11-16-2010, 10:44 AM	#5
venkatesh Member Posts: 10 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2008 Device: sony reader prs 700	This is a small tool that I am experimenting with. I think book buying is a both social (recommendations) and personal (exploration) statement. I am trying to come up with an interface which can extract the concepts the book talks about and lets an user read snippets about those concepts. There is work to be done in showing more relevant snippets. If users find this exploration of concepts in a book useful, then it is easy to get the rest of the work done to enhance the usability and quality of the product. Yes, there are other products which can show preview of the content. But I am not sure if they can show the concepts that the book talks about For example: What does "The Selfish Gene" talk w.r.t to game theory? Thanks for your inputs and keep it coming. Please also suggest if you have any suggestions to what kind of features you would like.