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 discovery engine.[1][failed verification] The Hawaii Project provides personalized book recommendations and access to current book news. It tracks curated sources of interesting books and articles, uncovering new texts that align with a user's interests, their favorite authors and current events.[2][3] The Hawaii Project also provides a social reading app called Bookship, shortlisted for the 2017 Bookseller's Startup of the Year.[4][failed verification] Users of The Hawaii Project can follow authors and particular sources of writing about books to get alerts about relevant information. It is privately funded.[citation needed]
Company history[edit]
The Hawaii Project was founded in 2014[citation needed] by Mark Watkins.[5] Prior to The Hawaii Project, he was CEO and co-founder of Goby (search engine), a mobile recommendation engine for finding things to do, since acquired by Telenav.[citation needed] Prior to that, he was VP of Engineering for Endeca, a search company acquired by Oracle Corporation for $1.075B.[6][failed verification]
The origin of the company was rooted in the founder's frustration at not finding out about new books from his favorite authors.[5]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Michael Davidson (2 April 2015). "Hawaii Project Taps Search to Suggest Right Books for the Beach". Xconomy.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.