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My store browsing experience went like this -
- I go to the section that I'm interested in.
- first set of shelves had new books ordered by author. This made it very easy to scan to see if any of my favorite authors had anything new and to see if any new books appealed to me.
- Rest of the section had authors ordered by author.
repeat for each section that I was interested in.
Two issues with a similar experience via computer - first, many more books. Second, very limited screen space.
On the flip side, there are a lot of things that one can do on a computer to customize it for an even better experience. Of course, different people want different things in an interface, which is why I suggested elsewhere that the database should be decoupled from the actual interface. Amazon actually did this early on, allowing access to their database via API.
There are a number of "If you liked this author, you might like that author" search engines out there. Some of more on the mark than others.
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