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book discovery
SHOW HN2013
37points
26comments
#667of 1,739 in 2013
Top 39%of 2013 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
3 positive, 6 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 2 critical, out of 14 comments about the project. Thread score +0.03.
Design: 2 for, 1 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
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What HN said
What people liked
Good idea of pulling books from HN threads
From 3 comments
Fetching books from HN threads is IMO a really good idea, but using the submission title seems to produce completely inaccurate teasers for me. I'd recommend fetching the title…
untitaker_ on HNVery cool. Naturally, scraping out of HN is gonna provide a few wonky teasers, but a great idea nonetheless. Just submitted my book per the site's instructions for kicks…
mistermcgruff on HNGood idea. But the site needs some polish. Moreover, you should add a thumbnail of the book in question.
kenshiro_o on HN
Fun name
From 1 comment
Fun name. Took me a moment to realize it's a word combination.. but cool. :)
loceng on HN
Objections
Post titles make teasers inaccurate or unclear about the book
From 3 comments
Fetching books from HN threads is IMO a really good idea, but using the submission title seems to produce completely inaccurate teasers for me. I'd recommend fetching the title…
untitaker_ on HNVery cool idea. I recently spent quite a while paging through HNSearch.com looking for book recommendations. My recommendation would be to make sure the "Next" button never…
openastorenow on HNI don't like how the titles aren't necessarily about the book or what you're going to get.
joshmlewis on HN
Site needs polish
From 1 comment
Good idea. But the site needs some polish. Moreover, you should add a thumbnail of the book in question.
kenshiro_o on HN
Requests
Use real book titles and Amazon info instead of post titles
From 2 comments
Fetching books from HN threads is IMO a really good idea, but using the submission title seems to produce completely inaccurate teasers for me. I'd recommend fetching the title…
untitaker_ on HNSorry about that! I thought getting something unexpected would be more fun. But majority here want to see real book titles so I will look into it.
raimonds on HN
Add a back button
From 2 comments
A back button would be nice as well.
Nicholas_C on HNI think the same. If I miss one I have to start over.
enrmarc on HN
Add keyboard navigation
From 1 comment
And can you add keyboard navigation too?That'd be supper addictive
tathagatadg on HN
Add book images or thumbnails and summaries
From 2 comments
If you could get images for the titles and possibly a short summary, it would be a lot better.
stasy on HNGood idea. But the site needs some polish. Moreover, you should add a thumbnail of the book in question.
kenshiro_o on HN
Keep the Next button fixed in place
From 1 comment
Very cool idea. I recently spent quite a while paging through HNSearch.com looking for book recommendations. My recommendation would be to make sure the "Next" button never…
openastorenow on HN
Questions
Whether an Amazon Associate tag is worth adding
From 2 comments
You need to add an Amazon Associate tag to all these links!
cocoflunchy on HNBut is it worth it if visits are not in millions?
raimonds on HN
Alternatives named
HNSearch
From 1 comment
Very cool idea. I recently spent quite a while paging through HNSearch.com looking for book recommendations. My recommendation would be to make sure the "Next" button never…
openastorenow on HN
Goodreads
From 1 comment
Finding interesting books to read is a huge problem for me. I have tried Goodreads, but its recommendations are poor. I usually just use random lists to find things to read. I…
vikp on HN
HNStore
From 1 comment
Maybe it was me again with http://www.hnstore.co/
raimonds on HN