And what is Bookish? you ask. It's a new social networking website, launching this summer, that will be built around the book reading experience, with members sharing their favorite reads, garnering recommendations based on their past preferences, getting news about authors, and so on. Think of a literary version of Pandora, one that provides links to books for avid readers rather than links to audio files for music fans.
Sounds like a good idea if it is done well. And the resources and connections will be there to support it, since Arianna Huffington's AOL, Hachette, Penguin, and Simon and Schuster are all behind it, as this press release explains.
Full disclosure: A close family friend has been part of the team working part-time to help create Bookish for the last few weeks. Much to my frustration he has been utterly faithful to his non-disclosure agreement and so today is the first time I've even heard the name of the furshlugginer thing. But I promise the minute he is authorized to disclose anything more the readers of this blog will be among the first to hear it.
Sounds like a good idea if it is done well. And the resources and connections will be there to support it, since Arianna Huffington's AOL, Hachette, Penguin, and Simon and Schuster are all behind it, as this press release explains.
Full disclosure: A close family friend has been part of the team working part-time to help create Bookish for the last few weeks. Much to my frustration he has been utterly faithful to his non-disclosure agreement and so today is the first time I've even heard the name of the furshlugginer thing. But I promise the minute he is authorized to disclose anything more the readers of this blog will be among the first to hear it.
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