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Ask HN: Rate my summer project - BookShout

#1

Post by haon99 » Mon, Sep 13, 2010, 12:08 AM UTC

Ask HN: Rate my summer project - BookShout
bookshout.com

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#2

Post by TamDenholm » Mon, Sep 13, 2010, 12:15 AM UTC

Personally i like the concept, i also like the animation aswell. I'd perhaps tone down the cartoonyness in the rest of the design though, remove the rounded corners and bold text etc. Pretty good though.

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#3

Post by awfulcoder14 » Mon, Sep 13, 2010, 1:18 AM UTC

Really cool idea.

Only little detail that bothered me is the animation at the beginning- being unable to move it left/right.

Other than that i'd definetly use it!

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#4

Post by mdhv » Mon, Sep 13, 2010, 1:33 AM UTC

I really like it. A great idea.

Personally, I think it would be better if the landing page had a search bar so you could just get down to business. And maybe random hot topics as well.

Awesome idea, I can really see myself using this.

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#5

Post by pghimire » Mon, Sep 13, 2010, 1:38 AM UTC

Great idea. You probably need to keep soliciting feedback to tweak specific areas of the site. Like awfulcoder14 mentioned I did not like not being able to scroll through the animation back and forth on hompage.

One Bug: I could not login using FBConnect. Tried a few times, FB login popped up, logged in and when the page was trying to reload/redirect -> error.

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#6

Post by sahillavingia » Mon, Sep 13, 2010, 1:38 AM UTC

Can I help you with the design? I'd love to spend a few hours. Email in profile.

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#7

Post by Deejahll » Mon, Sep 13, 2010, 1:39 AM UTC

How is it different from http://www.librarything.com/ ?

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#8

Post by nhebb » Mon, Sep 13, 2010, 2:06 AM UTC

I've thought about this idea for a while, so it's nice to see someone implement it. Amazon tells you that people who bought A also bought B, C, D, ... But what they don't tell you is whether the people actually liked any of the items. This idea could be parlayed into similar music and movie sites.

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#9

Post by rokhayakebe » Mon, Sep 13, 2010, 2:06 AM UTC

I love. I love your TOS.

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#10

Post by long » Mon, Sep 13, 2010, 2:11 AM UTC

It'd be more coherent if fashion was actually a topic on the site.