'What whichbook.net does is to make suggestions, based on what readers say they are interested in, encouraging them to make unexpected discoveries. Without recommendations of this kind, readers depend on much cruder signposts: media hype, glamorous author photographs, dumpbins, retailers' discounts. These enticements are for consumers; whichbook is for readers.'
The Bookseller
'Like all great new ideas, whichbook is deceptively simple and already feels very familiar. It must and will help readers come to the books they need and to those they do not yet know that they need - and that has to be a good thing for the readers, for librarians, for publishers, and for the culture.'
Philip Gwyn Jones, Publishing Director, ex-Flamingo, now Portobello
'Software that can simulate the word-of-mouth recommendation of an intelligent, well-read and empathetic friend is the holy grail of the literary web, and an initial test drive of whichbook is promising.'
Guardian Unlimited
'It is clear to me that in the digital world success will be based on partnerships. No organisation, whether private sector or public sector, will last long without a range of partnerships that will bring new methods, new ideas and even new money to the creation of products of real use to ordinary people. whichbook.net is exactly the sort of 'killer app' that can only succeed with this sort of chemistry. Public and private skills and resources mixed together to produce something that none of us could have imagined just a few years ago. Great!'
Chris Batt, when Chief Executive, Museums, Libraries and Archives Council
'There has been much talk about how new technology might change creative writing. Equally interesting is how it will change creative reading. New technology offers imaginative and effective ways of getting to many, many new readers. It has the potential to transform approaches to reading.'
Gary McKeone, when Literature Director, Arts Council England