Bubblin
Productivity
ebook reader platform
SHOW HN2018
138points
88comments
#298of 2,155 in 2018
Top 14%of 2018 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
10 positive, 16 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 21 critical, out of 48 comments about the project. Thread score -0.28.
Idea: 1 for, 13 againstDesign: 1 for, 3 againstExecution: 0 for, 4 againstPricing: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Clean, polished UI that works well on mobile
From 1 comment
I love the ES6 book, crisp and clear The ui seems considered and polished, works good on mobile for me
asyncanup on HN
Responsive to user suggestions
From 1 comment
Cool! ...I like your level of responsiveness towards user suggestions :-)
stakhanov on HN
Objections
No EPUB or PDF downloads, so books cannot be moved to e-readers
From 3 comments
I read all the time on my iPad. Sorry for the negative feedback, but I don’t think I would use this. If there’s no pdf/ePub download that I can put into a reader of my choice,…
silveroriole on HNThe entire point of bandcamp, for me, is FLAC downloads. There was already a comment about how there aren't epub downloads. So this is hardly the "Bandcamp for books." More like…
voxl on HNHad a read of the FAQ and it doesn't seem like its for me. I prefer my books as epub so they work nicely on my ereader. I also require that they be able to be downloaded as files…
baroffoos on HN
Not like Bandcamp because files are not owned
From 2 comments
From a user's perspective: The main point of Bandcamp is that you actually own what you buy. No DRM, no additional charge for lossless, properly tagged, including cover art,…
deng on HNI am a huge fan of bandcamp, I buy most of my music because I can download the FLAC files and put them on my streaming server. I was rather disappointed that instead of providing…
faebser on HN
Page-turning UI and large font are unnecessary
From 2 comments
I am a huge fan of bandcamp, I buy most of my music because I can download the FLAC files and put them on my streaming server. I was rather disappointed that instead of providing…
faebser on HNI read all the time on my iPad. Sorry for the negative feedback, but I don’t think I would use this. If there’s no pdf/ePub download that I can put into a reader of my choice,…
silveroriole on HN
Requests
Allow downloading books as EPUB or PDF
From 3 comments
Had a read of the FAQ and it doesn't seem like its for me. I prefer my books as epub so they work nicely on my ereader. I also require that they be able to be downloaded as files…
baroffoos on HNReally? People who are about to spend a good amount of hours reading a book thinks it's a bother to wait two minutes for a file to download? Using any kind of modern system…
kungtotte on HNAlso, there could be one button to download the content and another to view it.
aflag on HN
Clear licensing and royalty information
From 2 comments
I couldn't find any info on your page regarding the royalties model that you're going to use. How much of a cut are you going to take? Is it going to be closer to amazon's 70% or…
stakhanov on HNIt all looks really cool but can you please clarify 1) licensing -- all your git projects say "license TBD" for many months. 2) clarify the selling options - 3) If I want to…
triptych on HN
Note-taking and discussion features
From 1 comment
Looks nice :-) What are you planning for the future? I'd like to take a lot of notes and get a nice overview for future review / a lot of learning features. Any thoughts on…
JanSt on HN
Questions
How do readers discover new books?
From 1 comment
How do I find any new books there? I don't mind the classics yet I feel curious about what do indie writers write today.
qwerty456127 on HN
What does Bandcamp refer to?
From 1 comment
What does "bandcamp" refer to? Is that another webapp or are you comparing the bookreader to a summer camp?
rcavezza on HN
Alternatives named
Project Gutenberg
From 2 comments
> One of my leisure time pursuits is to find interesting old books on cavalry, making them into high-quality reflowable e-books. ... Why not crowdfund this work, with a…
zozbot123 on HNI love your website by the way. If I want to read 1984 on EPUB I will just download it from Guttenberg or something but if I am reading it in browser I will certainly use your…
the_other_guy on HN
Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing
From 1 comment
I'll definitely share the EPUBs. My current plan is roughly as follows: I'll create a Facebook group to serve as a "reading club" and publish the fulltext in a bit-by-bit fashion…
stakhanov on HN
Spotify
From 1 comment
The entire point of bandcamp, for me, is FLAC downloads. There was already a comment about how there aren't epub downloads. So this is hardly the "Bandcamp for books." More like…
voxl on HN