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Friday, September 20, 2013
resource of the week: book recommendation engines
If you're looking for a new book to read, you may want to try a few of these book recommendation engines (similar to Amazon's, "People who bought this item also liked this"). The list below was compiled by the Bookshelves of Doom blog, which notes that "while these various recommendation resources are certainly entertaining...none of
these engines can really hold their own against a one-on-one with a reader's
advisory expert."