The Hawaii Project
| Type of business | Private |
|---|---|
Type of site | Book Recommendations |
| Headquarters | Sudbury, Massachusetts, Kailua, Honolulu County, Hawaii, |
| Area served | International |
| Key people |
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| Industry | Books |
| Services | Book Recommendations |
| URL | www |
| Registration | Not required |
| Launched | June 9, 2015 |
The Hawaii Project is a personalized book recommendation engine.[1] The Hawaii Project provides personalized book recommendations and access to current book news. It tracks curated sources about books, such as award lists, articles, and blogs, to find new books that a user might be interested in.[2][3][4] The Hawaii Project was nominated for the 2017 Bookseller's Book Tech Company of the Year.[5]
Company history[edit]
The Hawaii Project was founded by Mark Watkins.[6] Prior to The Hawaii Project, he was CEO and co-founder of Goby, a mobile recommendation engine for finding things to do, acquired by Telenav in 2011.[1][2] Prior to that, he worked for Endeca,[2] a search company acquired by Oracle in 2011.[7]
The origin of the company was rooted in the founder's frustration at not finding out about new books from his favorite authors.[6]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Michael Davidson (2 April 2015). "Hawaii Project Taps Search to Suggest Right Books for the Beach". Xconomy. Archived from the original on 14 May 2021.
- ^ a b c Vijee Venkatraman (23 April 2015). "Hawaii Project Wants to Find You The Perfect Beach Book". Beta Boston. Archived from the original on 21 January 2016.
- ^ "Best tech to keep your workouts on track". USA Today. Retrieved 2016-06-30.
- ^ "Best New Books: The Hawaii Project Tells You What to Read". web.archive.org. 14 April 2015. Archived from the original on 2018-05-09.
- ^ "What Bookship has learned about how social reading works".
- ^ a b Rebecca Strong (14 April 2015). "This New Startup Hunts Down the Books You're Bound to Love". Bost Inno. Archived from the original on 9 May 2018. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
- ^ Farrell, Michael B. (2011-10-18). "Oracle buys Endeca". Boston.com. Retrieved 2011-10-18.