After more than a year, Aaron Stanton unveiled his project that got him a meeting with Google in February 2007.

His talks with Google are still ongoing, but on Monday he unveiled the idea to the world Monday by launching a Web site called BookLamp.org.

His BookLamp software program is pretty cool. It’s a program that analyzes books based on writing style.

What I like about his program is that it has the potential to take the guesswork out of trying to determine what is a good book. I’ve lost count of how many so-called good books I’ve started but never finished based on a review or its ranking on the best sellers list.

You can find out a lot more detail about the program at BookLamp.org, and my story in Tuesday’s Statesman. Basically the program goes out and reads books that have been put into an electronic database. The program picks up similarities in the different books based on the type of words and grammatical elements used.

By doing that it can closely match one author’s writing style with that of another. So if you like John Grisham books you could tell the program to find books with similar writing styles.

It really opens up the possibility of discovering that hidden gem of a book that may have been written by a writer, who doesn’t have the clout to promote the book like Grisham would.

Who knows where Stanton will be able to take this program. He’s also talking to Amazon and Yahoo, but didn’t have much luck with Microsoft. Although I’m sure he wouldn’t mind if he got a call from the software giant. Maybe some of our local Microsoft folks can put in a good word for him.

What’s great about Stanton is that I don’t get the sense he’s in this for the money. He talked to me Monday after not having slept for 26 hours, but even exhaustion couldn’t hide the excitement in his voice.

The team of programmers he’s brought on since last year also share his passion for the program. They’ve all been working without pay for more than a year.

Over the next few weeks, Stanton is hoping that people will check out his Web site and try the program. He said he’s really looking forward to the feedback. After all he says it was the support from the online community that got him the meeting with Google.

If you remember, he launched CanGoogleHearMeNow.com. last February when he couldn’t get Google to listen. Thousands logged on to read about Stanton’s efforts to see someone at the mammoth company and to send him thousands of e-mails each day urging him to not quit.

He didn’t, and as they say the “rest is history.”

Stanton says he truly doesn’t know what is next, but he’s hoping the feedback will help drive that decision. He could land a big deal with Amazon, Google or the others he’s talked to or he could build the company on his own.

Whatever happens, I’m looking forward to watching Stanton and his company on what could be a very interesting journey.