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No one has mentioned it yet, but I think the name is brilliant. Clever and memorable. You might want to get shelflove.com if your site becomes successful, as I imagine lots of typos and word-of-mouth traffic will mistakenly end up there.
I will try to get that if I can afford it
smashing success! Great idea and awesome execution. I think this sort of 'display my favorites' is wide open for niche products, like maps, for map lovers.
- the front page loads slowly (FF4).
- in ?
- I expected the image to change if I moused over the buttons below; I needed to click. I usually hate "active" mouseovers, but it's still something to think about
- the 'log in with Facebook' text crosses the grey/white border, which is jarring
- I wouldn't use this anyway, but there'd be no way I'd sign up for Facebook to use this.
- do the "as seen on" logos do anything for your readers? I only recognized LifeHacker, and I've almost never read anything of theirs.
- the bar at the top is annoying; then again, I always find a bar at the top annoying.
- the per-book pages (e.g. http://www.shelfluv.com/ASIN/1430219483) contain a summary, but it's somewhat hard to find and the text is set in too narrow a column. Maybe place a sentence or two above the comments/recent activity, with a "(more)" button to expand?
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and a shelf of wines for wine fans, beer for beer fans, etc.
CDs & DVDs might be a more obvious next step...