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stonetools · 07-05-2011, 01:40 PM

Just to give an example of how to use multiple recommendation engines:
I followed an earlier poster's suggestion of checking out the ManBooker Prize finalists. I found a book I was interested in and browsed over to Amazon to check out the reviews. I then added the book to my wish list . I then looked at the " People who bought this also bought" list generated by amazon , and by the time I was done, I had added 5 books to my wish list. Before I buy, i'll probably look at what Goodreads says about these books, and I'll probably end with even more recommendations and suggestions.
Following on the manBooker prize suggestion, a good idea would be to check the National book Awards and Pulitzer Prize finalist lists. Off to do that now...

07-05-2011, 01:40 PM	#33
stonetools Wizard Posts: 2,016 Karma: 2838487 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Washington, DC Device: Ipad, IPhone	Just to give an example of how to use multiple recommendation engines: I followed an earlier poster's suggestion of checking out the ManBooker Prize finalists. I found a book I was interested in and browsed over to Amazon to check out the reviews. I then added the book to my wish list . I then looked at the " People who bought this also bought" list generated by amazon , and by the time I was done, I had added 5 books to my wish list. Before I buy, i'll probably look at what Goodreads says about these books, and I'll probably end with even more recommendations and suggestions. Following on the manBooker prize suggestion, a good idea would be to check the National book Awards and Pulitzer Prize finalist lists. Off to do that now...