Recommendation rules

When you get recommendations for a book.

  1. We get the author, series and category from the book
  2. We use the primary category and the author to get more books, we also look for books in the same series and with the same format
  3. Books within the result set get boost points for certain items of a book:
    • The publication date, more recent gets more points, key authors
    • Key authors, the publisher can share a set of authors which receive more points
    • Books get points for each format for that title → more is better.
    • Books get points for each review for that title → more is better.
    • Books get points for each asset for that title → more is better.
    • Books get points for each award for that title→ more is better.
    • Books can get positive boost points or a negative penalty when there is a cover present or when there is one absent
  4. Results are ordered by weight size, so results with higher points appear higher in the set of recommended books

Default weight points are:

  • Contributor Name : 800 points
  • Series Name : 865 points
  • Category : 2500 points
  • Format : 170 points