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An illustration of a tidy public bookshelf lit from the front, with a second larger stack of books behind it in shadow
product · 6 min read

The Books You Don't Log Matter Most

What you read, what you log, what you rate, and what you display are four different datasets. Recommendation systems only ever see the last one.

Ben Garrison ·
An illustration of a tightly packed shelf of untouched book spines, with a single well-worn book lying open on the table below it
culture · 7 min read

Books Are Sexy Again. Reading Isn't.

Book mentions on dating profiles are climbing while daily reading has fallen 40% in twenty years. On the gap between owning, displaying, and finishing.

Ben Garrison ·
An isometric illustration of a central book branching out through lines to a network of stacked book clusters, the shape of how books move through a reading culture
culture · 4 min read

The Bestseller List Tells You What Sold. We Wanted to Know What Was Being Read.

Why Siftivo is publishing a weekly Reading Index instead of yet another bestseller chart, and the gap between retail sales and reading culture.

Ben Garrison ·