Selling books with algorithms / Anna Muenchrath.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Muenchrath, Anna, author.

Series:

Cambridge elements. Elements in publishing and book culture

Cambridge Elements. Elements in Publishing and Book Culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Booksellers and bookselling.

Internet bookstores.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (96 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, England : Cambridge University Press, [2024]

Summary:

In 1997 Amazon started as a small online bookseller. It is now the largest bookseller in the US and one of the largest companies in the world, due, in part, to its implementation of algorithms and access to user data. This Element explains how these algorithms work, and specifically how they recommend books and make them visible to readers. It argues that framing algorithms as felicitous or infelicitous allows us to reconsider the imagined authority of an algorithm's recommendation as a culturally situated performance. It also explores the material effects of bookselling algorithms on the forms of labor of the bookstore. The Element ends by considering future directions for research, arguing that the bookselling industry would benefit from an investment in algorithmic literacy

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on November 25, 2024).

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781009339711

1009339710

9781009339728

1009339729

9781009339704

1009339702