Booknolia

In September 2006 my wife, an avid reader, bought: The Kite Runner, a book recommended by one of her friends and Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, a book she heard on KQED (bay area station of NPR) a while back.

The whole process was somehow complicated. Couple of her friends recommended books that after browsing them at a local bookstore, she didn’t buy. Amazon reviews, although helpful, were polarized on a controversial book such as “Confessions of an Economic Hit Man”. She asked me what good it is to read a review from someone without knowing his/her background. Interesting, isn’t it! Just imagine a Republican reviews “Audacity of Hope” from Barack Obama and a Democrat reviews “Real Change” by Newt Gingrich.

Few days later, I drove down to Los Angeles to meet with Touraj, an avid reader of non-fiction books and a bookworm with a bookshelf of more than 2500 books. Within few months of talk and brainstorming, Booknolia was born in January 2007. At Booknolia we would like to help readers picking their next great book and meeting like-minded readers while helping authors meet their current and future fans.

That simple :-)

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