Amazon’s concordance feature is fun and sometimes revelatory. For example, the list of the 100 most frequently used words in my book Small Pieces Loosely Joined begins with “although” and ends with “yet,” which reflects my unfortunate tendency towards mealy-mouthedness. The two most used words in the book are “Web” and “world,” which is another interesting reflection of what the book is about.

You can get to the concordance for any book for which Amazon has the full text by hovering over the cover image and selecting “concordance” from the popup… [Technorati tag: amazon]

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