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Originally Posted by HarryT
I've always found this a most peculiar site myself. It is not based on any similarity between authors, but simply on people's likes. If a lot of people like author "A" and author "B", then searching for "A" will display "B" in close proximity. That's not at all the same thing as saying that the two authors are similar in any way, unless one happens to believe that people are not capable of liking different types of book.
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It's not really any different then the 'Customers who bought this item also bought' stuff at the major booksellers except that a) these are *favorite* authors and b)the literature map likely has fewer contributors.
Personally I like the site.