Booklamp Beta launched

carandol · 03-18-2008, 10:36 AM

Interesting website at http://beta.booklamp.org which aims at finding you books to read by analysing the text of books you already like, in much the same way as Pandora does with music. It's in beta test at the moment, and has only a limited selection of books to analyse, but people are encouraged to give it a go and say what they think on the forums.

zelda_pinwheel · 03-18-2008, 11:12 AM

oh, sounds great ! i loved pandora, i was so sad the day they limited access to the US residents... if Book Lamp works as well as Pandora it should be a lot of fun.

eppythacher · 03-18-2008, 12:07 PM

Greatest idea ever. Google should buy Pandora and booklamp, create some kind of relationship database? Amazon does this with what other people are buying option.

maggotb0y · 03-18-2008, 01:43 PM

This is pretty neat, but I wish it had a better selection. If you want to see something somewhat amusing, take a look at what book most closely resembles George Orwell's 1984

carandol · 03-18-2008, 02:02 PM

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Originally Posted by maggotb0y

This is pretty neat, but I wish it had a better selection. If you want to see something somewhat amusing, take a look at what book most closely resembles George Orwell's 1984

zelda_pinwheel · 03-18-2008, 03:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by maggotb0y

This is pretty neat, but I wish it had a better selection. If you want to see something somewhat amusing, take a look at what book most closely resembles George Orwell's 1984

i think that's actually in the dictionary, as an example next to the definition of the word "irony".

JSWolf · 03-19-2008, 04:21 AM

What is the URL for Pandora please?

harrynewman · 03-19-2008, 05:30 AM

Does it do anything that Librarything doesn't?

carandol · 03-19-2008, 06:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JSWolf

What is the URL for Pandora please?

www.pandora.com (sadly it no longer works outside the USA)

carandol · 03-19-2008, 06:45 AM

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Originally Posted by harrynewman

Does it do anything that Librarything doesn't?

It doesn't do very much at all at the moment, since it's more a proof of concept than a working thing. But it makes book recommendations based on computer analysis of text rather than personal opinion, so it does the same thing differently, really.

Gatton · 03-19-2008, 06:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by maggotb0y

This is pretty neat, but I wish it had a better selection. If you want to see something somewhat amusing, take a look at what book most closely resembles George Orwell's 1984

For those who didn't sign up to see...

George Orwell's 1984 most closely resembles:

USA Patriot Act by The United States Congress

Too funny!

JSWolf · 03-19-2008, 06:58 PM

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Originally Posted by carandol

www.pandora.com (sadly it no longer works outside the USA)

So I did have the correct URL. But it's the Music Genome Project. Nothing to do with books at all.

zelda_pinwheel · 03-19-2008, 07:22 PM

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

So I did have the correct URL. But it's the Music Genome Project. Nothing to do with books at all.

it's the same concept of recommendations based on a computerised analysis of the content of things you already like. booklamp is to books as pandora is to music.

zelda_pinwheel · 03-19-2008, 10:32 PM

i have a question... I watched the video on the site ; when he says "a gooey interface" is he talking about a GUI ??? and if yes, is that *really* pronounced "gooey" ????

Hadrien · 03-19-2008, 10:36 PM

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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

it's the same concept of recommendations based on a computerised analysis of the content of things you already like. booklamp is to books as pandora is to music.

It's not exactly the same.
Music Genome Project: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_Genome_Project

Quote:

To create a song's genome, it is analyzed by a musician in a process that takes 20 to 30 minutes per song. Ten percent of songs are analyzed by more than one technician to ensure conformity with the standards, i.e., reliability.

03-18-2008, 10:36 AM	#1
carandol Evangelist Posts: 423 Karma: 2153430 Join Date: Dec 2007 Device: BeBook	Booklamp Beta launched Interesting website at http://beta.booklamp.org which aims at finding you books to read by analysing the text of books you already like, in much the same way as Pandora does with music. It's in beta test at the moment, and has only a limited selection of books to analyse, but people are encouraged to give it a go and say what they think on the forums.

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zelda_pinwheel zeldinha zippy zeldissima Posts: 27,827 Karma: 921169 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Paris, France Device: eb1150 & is that a nook in her pocket, or she just happy to see you?	oh, sounds great ! i loved pandora, i was so sad the day they limited access to the US residents... if Book Lamp works as well as Pandora it should be a lot of fun.

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eppythacher Connoisseur Posts: 76 Karma: 3992 Join Date: Jan 2007 Device: prs-500, prs-650	Greatest idea ever. Google should buy Pandora and booklamp, create some kind of relationship database? Amazon does this with what other people are buying option.

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maggotb0y Connoisseur Posts: 84 Karma: 1166 Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: New Jersey, Outside of Philadelphia Device: Sony Reader	This is pretty neat, but I wish it had a better selection. If you want to see something somewhat amusing, take a look at what book most closely resembles George Orwell's 1984

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zelda_pinwheel zeldinha zippy zeldissima Posts: 27,827 Karma: 921169 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Paris, France Device: eb1150 & is that a nook in her pocket, or she just happy to see you?	i have a question... I watched the video on the site ; when he says "a gooey interface" is he talking about a GUI ??? and if yes, is that really pronounced "gooey" ????