Jan 21, 2010

Kindle reading patterns [chart]



From Robin Sloan: (hat tip: Martin Wattenberg)

That’s a graph of readers’ paths through The Truth About the East Wind. The x-​​axis is elapsed reading time, in minutes. The y-​​axis is progress through the story; the higher you get on the graph, the closer you are to the end of the page.

Visit the main link for a fascinating look at a few individual lines.

Data geeks are entering a golden age with Twitter and Kindle and the like.