Zeneca
Consumer and social
book sharing social network
SHOW HN2021
70points
56comments
#693of 2,533 in 2021
Top 28%of 2021 by points
How HN took it
CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments
7 positive, 22 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 9 critical, out of 41 comments about the project. Thread score -0.05.
Privacy: 0 for, 4 againstExecution: 0 for, 3 againstIdea: 3 for, 0 againstDesign: 2 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Clean design and aesthetics
From 3 comments
This is great! I love the aesthetics and I've been waiting years for someone to provide a viable alternative to Goodreads.
baumandm on HNI dig the simplicity. Is there an email address to send feedback to? I don't use Twitter.
byproxy on HNGreat idea and I like the simple design. Have you thought about integrating with different readers/highlighters (Kindle, Pocket, etc.) so users could import their highlights to…
GoshaLevin on HN
Welcome alternative to Goodreads
From 2 comments
This is great! I love the aesthetics and I've been waiting years for someone to provide a viable alternative to Goodreads.
baumandm on HNCongrats on the launch! Some comments/requests/suggestions (from a goodreads user): * For me the main benefit of goodreads is their book suggestions. From what I can tell it's…
geoah on HN
Good idea for finding book recommendations
From 2 comments
I really like this! I'm going to build my library soon. I was totally sold at the idea of finding one place to see the Bill Gates or the Naval recommended lists. I started…
Jzeitz on HNThis is really helpful, thank you! It's been mentioned before here, but what are your plans for privacy/monetization? Also (out of curiosity) where are you getting the book data…
aninuth on HN
Objections
No privacy policy and unclear monetization plans
From 3 comments
I LOVE the idea!! (as long as you don't become the next FB and sell-off everything you can collect:) it's a very useful tool to find more good reads and 1) are you planning to…
HenryBemis on HNI signed up and started playing around with it, and I think it looks promising. Some general thoughts: - Moving over my shelves is an undertaking that'll probably take more than…
geraltofrivia on HNGreat idea! But, <rant> I'm not going to give you MY content, for free, if you don't AT LEAST allow for my content, and the content of my peers on your website, to be in a format…
simonebrunozzi on HN
Data not easily exportable and no account deletion
From 3 comments
Great idea! But, <rant> I'm not going to give you MY content, for free, if you don't AT LEAST allow for my content, and the content of my peers on your website, to be in a format…
simonebrunozzi on HNMostly what the parent commenter has said. In fact anywhere where I'd put my effort and add content for free I'd only start using that service as a creator/contributor when these…
crossroadsguy on HN"Delete account" please (no sneaky deactivations)(GDPR right to be forgotten applies for you as well). Oh, and make it easy please.
HenryBemis on HN
Sign-in emails land in spam and a 404 page exists
From 2 comments
Just thought I'd let you know that your sign in email is landing up in the junk folder in outlook.
perryizgr8 on HNQuick note, since I don't see a contact form: Once I signed in, I got this paragraph on my profile: > Welcome to your Library! Once you start creating bookshelves and adding…
lkbm on HN
UI typography and layout inconsistencies
From 1 comment
I signed up and started playing around with it, and I think it looks promising. Some general thoughts: - Moving over my shelves is an undertaking that'll probably take more than…
geraltofrivia on HN
Requests
Goodreads import
From 2 comments
Looks interesting, but is there anyway to import books? I have everything on goodreads (which offers a csv export). No way I'm re-adding hundreds of books by hand.
throw0932439 on HNGoodreads import is on the way! If you like, feel free to email us (stopa@js.ventures), and you'll be one of the first to try it!
stopachka on HN
Export data in an easy format
From 2 comments
Great idea! But, <rant> I'm not going to give you MY content, for free, if you don't AT LEAST allow for my content, and the content of my peers on your website, to be in a format…
simonebrunozzi on HNMostly what the parent commenter has said. In fact anywhere where I'd put my effort and add content for free I'd only start using that service as a creator/contributor when these…
crossroadsguy on HN
Password or OAuth login instead of magic links
From 2 comments
I LOVE the idea!! (as long as you don't become the next FB and sell-off everything you can collect:) it's a very useful tool to find more good reads and 1) are you planning to…
HenryBemis on HNCo-creator Joe here! Thanks for all the questions! Will try to address each one point by point below 1) Initially we went with magic links because we thought that would be a…
nezaj on HN
Privacy settings for profiles
From 1 comment
I LOVE the idea!! (as long as you don't become the next FB and sell-off everything you can collect:) it's a very useful tool to find more good reads and 1) are you planning to…
HenryBemis on HN
Faster book adding and multi-select search
From 1 comment
Nice work! This looks like an interesting product. I was trying to create a bookshelf with a bunch of books I liked. I have a strong aversion to manual work, and didn't want to…
riezebos on HN
Questions
What is the privacy policy and how is GDPR handled?
From 2 comments
I LOVE the idea!! (as long as you don't become the next FB and sell-off everything you can collect:) it's a very useful tool to find more good reads and 1) are you planning to…
HenryBemis on HNI signed up and started playing around with it, and I think it looks promising. Some general thoughts: - Moving over my shelves is an undertaking that'll probably take more than…
geraltofrivia on HN
How is the product monetized?
From 2 comments
This is really helpful, thank you! It's been mentioned before here, but what are your plans for privacy/monetization? Also (out of curiosity) where are you getting the book data…
aninuth on HNCongrats on the launch! Some comments/requests/suggestions (from a goodreads user): * For me the main benefit of goodreads is their book suggestions. From what I can tell it's…
geoah on HN
Where does the book data come from?
From 2 comments
This is really helpful, thank you! It's been mentioned before here, but what are your plans for privacy/monetization? Also (out of curiosity) where are you getting the book data…
aninuth on HNThis is a great idea and site looks really nice. If you don't mind me asking, how did you get the book data with book images. ?. I too want to build on an idea involving books.
ilolu on HN
Alternatives named
Goodreads
From 2 comments
Congrats on the launch! Some comments/requests/suggestions (from a goodreads user): * For me the main benefit of goodreads is their book suggestions. From what I can tell it's…
geoah on HNThis is great! I love the aesthetics and I've been waiting years for someone to provide a viable alternative to Goodreads.
baumandm on HN
GoodBooks.io
From 1 comment
This is a great idea. You mention: "We noticed that the people we admired used plain lists on their personal websites" Any way to collect book reccomendations from public sources…
nrao123 on HN
Spreadsheets
From 1 comment
Appreciate the response and love the product! I've tried multiple alternatives to Goodreads for organizing my books and have resigned myself to spreadsheets; really hoping this…
aninuth on HN