tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35428618.post4685393838358192824..comments2024-01-20T00:59:08.689+00:00Comments on Brave New World: Bookish It May Be, But Is It Wise Dotcom?Martyn Danielshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02134633193540004531noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35428618.post-57384709686828100512011-05-09T14:40:17.913+00:002011-05-09T14:40:17.913+00:00not sure about the Amazon response but i still ask...not sure about the Amazon response but i still ask what is wants to be when it grows up and who will drive the eyeballs - the publishers, AOL, social sites?<br /><br />We have seen many attempts to capture the social link to book buying and reading but all have failed as they tended to do you thing and miss the other dots<br /><br />The publishers remind one of the music producers who spread their bets widely on many ventures but failed to back many winnersMartyn Danielshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02134633193540004531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35428618.post-56473625980428807302011-05-09T14:19:14.454+00:002011-05-09T14:19:14.454+00:00Don't quite get the point of Bookish. It appe...Don't quite get the point of Bookish. It appears to be a response to Amazon becoming a publisher. If so, it's a day late and a dollar short.<br /><br />Their USP is not immediately clear. What's going to attract me to Bookish? The underlying tech seems to focus on delivering a more social recommendation system than Amazon. This makes me uneasy, because of all the things you may fault Amazon for, the rec engine isn't at the top of the list.<br /><br />Even if consumers flock to Bookish for their superior rec engine - is Amazon going to stand idly by while this happens? Don't forget, Amazon's rec engine touches *everything* there - not just the book section - and Bezos will take any threat to this extremely seriously. It's his core turf. He will throw money at this (deeper pockets than Bookish) and if necessary sue. We're into territorial IP here, and it could turn ugly.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com