Feature Request: AI Book Discovery

johnelle · Yesterday, 06:13 AM

Not sure where to put feature requests but here goes.

I would like a feature/plug-in that can be trained on the books and authors that I enjoy reading and help me find new similar books. It could get the training data from my library. Not sure where it would find the info for books not in my library (Fantastic Fiction?)

Current discover process for me. Anytime I see a book with a summary that contains keywords of interest (DI, Female Detective, etc.) I visit Fantastic Fiction to find the 1rst book of the series. Read the first book to see if I like it and/or the author. Add the author/main character to my list of books to read in the future.

I haven't done a lot of AI stuff but it wouldn't seem to be too difficult. Ideally Amazon would do something since they have the the training material and compute infrastructure, but I am guessing it will never happen since it wouldn't necessary generate lots of $$

Quoth · Yesterday, 09:25 AM

Amazon search now doesn't even work.

Search on Calibre will do what you want. It can search on all columns or specific columns. OR FT search can do even more complex searches on all or a range of books inside the book (Full Text).

AI is oversold.

kovidgoyal · Yesterday, 09:51 AM

You can try this, I have had some success with it in the past:
https://www.whichbook.net/

Yesterday, 06:13 AM	#1
johnelle Zealot Posts: 120 Karma: 2137668 Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Groton, MA Device: Kindle app on Samsung Tab	Feature Request: AI Book Discovery Not sure where to put feature requests but here goes. I would like a feature/plug-in that can be trained on the books and authors that I enjoy reading and help me find new similar books. It could get the training data from my library. Not sure where it would find the info for books not in my library (Fantastic Fiction?) Current discover process for me. Anytime I see a book with a summary that contains keywords of interest (DI, Female Detective, etc.) I visit Fantastic Fiction to find the 1rst book of the series. Read the first book to see if I like it and/or the author. Add the author/main character to my list of books to read in the future. I haven't done a lot of AI stuff but it wouldn't seem to be too difficult. Ideally Amazon would do something since they have the the training material and compute infrastructure, but I am guessing it will never happen since it wouldn't necessary generate lots of $$

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Yesterday, 09:25 AM	#2
Quoth Still reading Posts: 14,449 Karma: 107078855 Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Ireland Device: All 4 Kinds: epub eink, Kindle, android eink, NxtPaper	Amazon search now doesn't even work. Search on Calibre will do what you want. It can search on all columns or specific columns. OR FT search can do even more complex searches on all or a range of books inside the book (Full Text). AI is oversold.

Yesterday, 09:51 AM	#3
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,461 Karma: 27757440 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	You can try this, I have had some success with it in the past: https://www.whichbook.net/