September 2009 Entries
We have been busy at work on the site to make some important improvements. The first allows us to take a look at which books you’ve added to your book list, and make recommendations of which books we think you should take a look at next. It has taken us a while to work on an algorithm that we are happy with to ensure the recommendations are as good as they can be. This is a great feature that I love myself as I’ve found some really good books I need to get ASAP! At the moment we place 2...
After the usual welcome post, it is time to tell you a little more about Connect Via Books and how we got to where we are. Back in 2004 Flemming Madsen and I, Nick Swan, decided to launch a site in our spare time that would enable us to include our two passions – books and programming. The idea was to create a social networking site that book lovers could join that would allow them to: - keep a list of books they’ve read. - get new recommendations of books to read. - find people who...
Hello and welcome to the new Connect Via Books blog! We are planning to use this platform to let you know about new features and functions on the site - and also to get your feedback about what we are considering developing. The team behind Connect Via Books is a small group of book lovers who want to be able to share their thoughts on the books they read, and get new recommendations of books they will also like. We really hope to make this site as useful as possible, and can only really do this with your involvement!