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Show HN: Booky – app to organize notes from books you read

#1

Post by moriquendi » Fri, Dec 20, 2019, 5:44 PM UTC

Hi folks, I've launched "Booky" - app for organizing notes from books you read.

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/pl/app/booky-organize-books-notes/id1492092565

With the app you can: 1. Snap picture of the book while you're reading it 2. Quickly highlight your favorite quotes 3. Sync your book shelf with Goodreads 4. Search in the notes you scanned

Promo video: https://www.dropbox.com/s/lfnwb8cvi5oyfd9/preview.mov?dl=0

Those features are similar to what you might find in ebooks apps but the app enables you to do that with physical books. I'm not sure how to build any business model around it so I'd love to hear your suggestions :)

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#2

Post by greenie_beans » Fri, Dec 20, 2019, 9:50 PM UTC

cool! i'll definitely use this. kinda similar to something i'm working on but not for physical books. this could be useful for academics, journalists, writers, etc

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#3

Post by vo2maxer » Fri, Dec 20, 2019, 10:21 PM UTC

I will definitely try it. It looks really nice.

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#4

Post by heymartinadams » Fri, Dec 20, 2019, 11:03 PM UTC

Nice work!

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#5

Post by jhymn » Fri, Dec 20, 2019, 11:41 PM UTC

I use Readwise.io almost obsessively and would use your app too, but I'm on Android. Any plans for an Android app?

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Post by kuzee » Sat, Dec 21, 2019, 1:33 AM UTC

I'll pay you $5/mo if it includes an intelligent way to sync the images I take of my book pages to my Google Drive in an organized way, such as per book. Adding in text that was OCRd and therefore searchable would also be great. So far my manual process is moving photos in Google Photos (I'm on Android) which is so-so. I'm fine with ads if I'm not paying.

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#7

Post by moriquendi » Sat, Dec 21, 2019, 11:08 AM UTC

heymartinadams wrote: post #4

Nice work!

Thanks a lot :) I'd appreciate a lot if you could name one thing which you're missing in the app.

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#8

Post by moriquendi » Sat, Dec 21, 2019, 11:09 AM UTC

vo2maxer wrote: post #3

I will definitely try it. It looks really nice.

Thanks a lot :) I'd appreciate a lot if you could name one thing which you're missing in the app. This would help me a lot.

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#9

Post by moriquendi » Sat, Dec 21, 2019, 11:10 AM UTC

greenie_beans wrote: post #2

cool! i'll definitely use this. kinda similar to something i'm working on but not for physical books. this could be useful for academics, journalists, writers, etc

Thanks :) Is there anything you'd add to the app? And what can you say what are you working on? I'd love to test it as well! :)

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#10

Post by moriquendi » Sat, Dec 21, 2019, 11:11 AM UTC

jhymn wrote: post #5

I use Readwise.io almost obsessively and would use your app too, but I'm on Android. Any plans for an Android app?

I hope so! That mainly depends on how much traction I can get on iOS. If there's decent interest, I'd love to invest my time into building Android app.