Saturday, June 30, 2012

Dream App Scholarship Essay


Imagine:  You just finished a book.  Not just any book, a life-changing book.  It blew your mind, and you are so in love, you just have to find more like it.  But you don’t even know where to begin!

Now introducing the Book Oracle.  This app will fill all your book-related needs. 

When you open the app, a man will appear.  He will ask you: “What book did you just finish?”  Two blanks will come up, and you will put in the title and author.  Then you press the button.

The Book Oracle is designed to suggest many different books.  It will take Amazon’s recommendations, as well as those from around the web and compile a list.  Simply clicking on the title of one of these recommended books will give you the summary.  The app will tell you how much the book is on Amazon and on iTunes, so you can order it in both hard-copy and e-book format. 

But that isn’t all!  The Book Oracle has other ways to search for new books too.  There’s the author finder, which lets you enter the names of some of your favorite authors to find new ones that are right for you.  These include little-known or authors that were just recently published.  You can also search the Book Oracle by your favorite books, either in a series or as a singular volume.  It keeps up to date on the latest books and authors to be released, so you never feel out of the loop.  Not to mention, it keeps a list of the top books in your state, in your country, and in the world so that you can make sure you know what everyone is talking about.

This app will also store all the titles and authors that you’ve entered, compiling it with other users’ data for even greater results.  It will then suggest you a book a month for as long as you use the app.  If you don’t like the book you suggest, you can touch a tiny thumbs down, and it will refrain from suggesting you similar books.  But if you do like it, you can touch a tiny thumbs up, and it will suggest another book that is similar next time.

Finally, the app will also let you know about local bookstores and libraries, so you can get the latest thriller that you just desperately crave.  

This scholarship is sponsored by ATTSavings.com