tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338977976954280982.post8146960406270763011..comments2023-06-10T04:31:40.879-04:00Comments on Joe Wikert's Kindleville Blog: All Kindle, All the Time: Lessons from the iPhone App StoreJoe Wikerthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02898067591293359566noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3338977976954280982.post-33157143518649965842009-07-30T12:53:59.477-04:002009-07-30T12:53:59.477-04:00I'll grant you that the ebook store search dis...I'll grant you that the ebook store search discovery process could be improved and I have blogged in the past about the continuing need for indie book stores to promote a wide range of otherwise under-publicized tomes (See http://bit.ly/12GXfc). But I find this recent spate of posts comparing ebook discovery to the problems in Apple's app store a bit exaggerated. <br /><br />Books are different than apps. One great book or author can lead to another and another. Amazon already takes advantage of this chaining effect with its lists of recommendations for you and if you like this book. I've also gotten good finds out of Amazon lists and customer tags. Furthermore, because books are now multi-platform, I've often found that the best places to discover new books are reading-oriented web sites, like goodreads, for example. These social networking sites are built on the fact that book discovery has always been extremely dependent on "word of mouth," or what you might call offline social networking. It's just been much less that way for software. Still, if you follow a couple of good Apple ecosystem bloggers (like John Gruber) and more journalistic sites like Macworld and MacinTouch, you get a steady stream of app recommendations. And maybe a little more word of mouth is a good thing, too.Aaron Pressmanhttp://gravitationalpull.net/wp/noreply@blogger.com