希尔特称,确定读者心生厌烦的时间也可帮助出版商通过增加视频、网络链接或其他多媒体功能来推出更具吸引力的数字版本。如果发现某系列科幻小说的读者在购买并迅速读完头两本后突然放慢了速度或者不再读该系列的书时,出版商或许能够确定该系列小说什么时候开始丧失了吸引力。
'The bigger trend we're trying to unearth is where are those drop-offs in certain kinds of books, and what can we do with publishers to prevent that?' Mr. Hilt says. 'If we can help authors create even better books than they create today, it's a win for everybody.'
他还说,“我们试图发掘的大方向是读者在阅读某些类型的书籍时于何处停止阅读,我们能够与出版商合作采取哪些措施来避免这种情况发生?如果我们能够帮助作家未来创作出比现在更棒的作品,这对每个人都有好处。
Some authors welcome the prospect. Novelist Scott Turow says he's long been frustrated by the industry's failure to study its customer base. 'I once had an argument with one of my publishers when I said, 'I've been publishing with you for a long time and you still don't know who buys my books,' and he said, 'Well, nobody in publishing knows that,' ' says Mr. Turow, president of the Authors Guild. 'If you can find out that a book is too long and you've got to be more rigorous in cutting, personally I'd love to get the information.'
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