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papercraft book generator
SHOW HN2015
46points
38comments
#616of 2,565 in 2015
Top 25%of 2015 by points
How HN took it
CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments
4 positive, 12 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 7 critical, out of 23 comments about the project. Thread score -0.11.
Idea: 3 for, 2 againstExecution: 0 for, 5 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Fun idea that evokes shared bookshelves
From 3 comments
Nice idea. The social aspect of showing a visitor one's bookshelf is definitely getting lost. Even when actively wanting to share reading thoughts or recommandation with someone,…
hrktb on HNI love this idea. I love it so much. I've been lamenting the notion that my friends can browse my "real" library on my bookshelf, but nobody can browse my e-book library. I've…
Jemaclus on HNThis strikes me as though it should be an art piece underlining the tragedy of what the Kindle and all DRM-encumbered digital media has taken from us. When a friend or visitor…
giggles_giggles on HN
Fun to try
From 1 comment
Found this to be pretty fun, and it reminds me of the "Faux" technology props they use in furniture stores or staged houses to make it appear "lived in" without risking high tech…
ChuckMcM on HN
Objections
Doesn't work on phones
From 2 comments
Does not work well on an Android phone.
jcoffland on HNI frequently print from my iPhone and iPad :) That being said I definitely saw the pop-up in Safari on iOS 8.2. I appreciate the warning, would've got frustrated without it.
Zombieball on HN
ISBN search failed initially
From 1 comment
Searching by name seems to work fine, but none of the ISBN's I entered returned any results. For example I tried: 978-0201485677 9780201485677 0201485672 No Results were…
agilecoder on HN
Does not load in some regions
From 1 comment
Doesn't load in Kenya. Had to go through http://teleport.to
okal on HN
Safari CSS rendering bug
From 1 comment
The CSS for the vertical text on the binding does not seem to work in Safari. Example screenshot with chrome on the bottom: http://puu.sh/gLdy2.png
cordite on HN
Requests
Print full Kindle library
From 1 comment
I don't own a Kindle so I don't know if this is possible, but it would be fun if you can give your Kindle username (does that exist?) or any kind of API Key and it generates all…
pmtarantino on HN
Spine poster or screensaver layouts
From 2 comments
Couldn't a digital representation meant for a PC/TV work equally well? You could have your software create a graphical representation of the books on a bookshelf, and enable the…
downandout on HNNo side jacket? It'd be interesting to see a project like this that uses just the side jackets with the titles to create a "bookshelf poster" that can be laid out wallpaper style.
zyxley on HN
Back cover color matching
From 1 comment
This is great! You should consider doing some sort of palette generation to make the back cover not just be white -- maybe find the most common color on the front and use a…
jc4p on HN
Questions
Is it open source?
From 1 comment
Is this project open source? I didn't see it in github
thatcat on HN
Alternatives named
BitLit shelfie recognition
From 1 comment
BitLit is a company that allows you to upload a "shelfie" of your books and they will recognise the books from their spines. So don't give up hope on that image database, it must…
joelennon on HN