Is BookLamp going to lead to a dark world of computer controlled book reading/writing/judging? Could it lead to people writing less creative books and trying to write to a formula?
The question is, by knowing all this information about a book and the book market, will people only read “safe” books and not explore new books? The other concern is that publishers will use the data to only publish books by the correct “formula” and cause stagnation in the publishing industry. Instead of exploring this in the FAQ, I’m going to point you to the ongoing discussions about the impact of a Pandora.com for books in the forums here and here, among others. There are some long posts I’ve made on the subject. But I will say this here: The exact same concern can and does exist with Pandora.com. Yet I’ve listened to, and then purchased, more music from artists I had never heard of because of Pandora.com than ever before. Pandora has expanded my horizons in terms of music, and introduced me to new performers, and I expect BookLamp will do the same for you in terms of books. There’s an argument to be made that the publishing industry is already facing stagnation, only instead of be
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