When you read a book on your Kindle, Amazon knows how fast you’re reading, where you got bored, and what you underlined. And publishers are using that data to try to write snappier books.
We talked to WSJ reporter Alexandra Alter about how this works and whether it’s going to make every book more like the Da Vinci Code.
(via onthemedia)
(photo courtesy of William Duke/ WSJ website)
“In the past, publishers and authors had no way of knowing what happens when a reader sits down with a book. Does the reader quit after three pages, or finish it in a single sitting? Do most readers skip over the introduction, or read it closely, underlining passages and scrawling notes in the margins? Now, e-books are providing a glimpse into the story behind the sales figures, revealing not only how many people buy particular books, but how intensely they read them.” -Alexandra Alter Your E-Book is Reading You (WSJ)
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