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Amanda Ross, a creator of the Richard and Judy book club, offers some (pretty damn obvious) strategies for finding something new to read that you might not have chosen otherwise. No offence, Amanda, but I’m really not interested in finding things I wouldn’t have chosen otherwise. It’s Twilight and Dragonlance for me, and that’s it.
A stranger’s opinion Independent bookshops are very much governed by the taste of the ower. It’s very, very brave of people to run bookshops, because of competition from chains and supermarkets. If you want to use them as your recommendation, then you need to spend time talking to the owner and see what kind of taste they have
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June 30th, 2010 at 12:46 pm
You picked the best tip: the other ones are not as helpful. As much as I enjoy recommendation algorithms and the challenges they pose to computer scientists, staff at indpendent bookstores are the superior method for recommendations. Next on the list would be lit-mags and blogs.
June 30th, 2010 at 2:01 pm
I found it a little sad that libraries and librarians weren’t mentioned. Librarians have a masters degree including courses on genre studies, reading habits, and how to advise people on what to read next. Why not use this valuable resource and support your disappearing libraries?
July 2nd, 2010 at 8:29 am
I don’t know what Amanda is talking about. When I visit my local Indie Bookshop my first plan of attack is to club the owner like a baby seal, grab the nearest stack of books out of the history section, and run off into the night (I’ve actually discovered a lot of new authors that way).