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| I hope someone remembers this. Does anyone recall a "read-alike" website where one entered either a book title or author and the results were displayed in a spiderweb type of arrangement with the books or authors most similar to the original displayed closest to the center and less similar titles/names at the outer edge of the array? And am I making any sense at all?
I tried searching this forum to find a reference to this website but can't find anything. I'm pretty sure somebody at some point posted about it here. |
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| Bookmom41, My library website has something like what you describe. They have a link to Novelist, which does bring up a link to similar authors,books etc to whatever title,author you have entered. Your local library system is likely to offer the same thing. All I did was type in the title of a book and click on the summary. When that came up, a link to Novelist also came up. Also, if you search amazon.com, you'll get a result page which shows what other customers purchased along with the book title you've just typed in. Frequently, those books are similar in nature to the one just looked at. Hope this helps! :) |
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- Posted by twobigdogs (My Page) on Thu, Apr 2, 09 at 21:45
| The site I remember is the Literature Map. You type in an author's name and the "map" comes up with various authors which are similar in style, setting, genre, to the one you entered. The closer an author's name is to the name you entered, the closer they are in one of the above stated areas. I've posted the link below. PAM |
Here is a link that might be useful: Literature Map
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- Posted by jungseed (ruth@jungseed.com) on Fri, Apr 3, 09 at 12:40
| Thanks for the link, twobigdogs. I love it. Ruth |
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| PAM, thank you!!!! Literature map is exactly what I remembered. Rouan, thanks for your hint. I work in a library, and do use Novelist but wanted Literature Map to use as one more tool in my arsenal. I need to take a closer look at the "Map" as I'm not sure if the array of names is arranged by how similar the authors' works are or if the name position is determined by a sort of "people who've read this author have also read..." scale. Thanks again to you both. |
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| What fun! Thanks for the link to Literature Map. It's sort of mesmerizing to watch the names move about. |
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- Posted by twobigdogs (My Page) on Sun, Apr 5, 09 at 8:23
| Glad to help, and glad it was the one you were looking to find. Like hinchess, I get mesmerized watching the names float around. It is a fun site to play with and a great site for list-making! PAM |
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| Superlit web site - used with discernment I know I'm going to enjoy. I entered my 3 favourite authors and the reponse for their 'commonality' offered me Chehkov - ANd he is the writer I had already chosen for next years lit.study - I am impressed Thanks so much for the link Jan |
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| Yes, thanks for the link. I've bookmarked it and plan to spend lots of time searching for new to me authors. |
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