This would work better if it has the following:
- Mobile app which uses contacts
- Import and sync from third-party services
Show HN: A more social, Amazon-free alternative to Goodreads
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Re: Show HN: A more social, Amazon-free alternative to Goodreads
#133There was a recent great podcast interview of How I Built This with the goodreads founders. I would strongly recommend listening.
IIRC they talked about the early days, reasons for selling to amazon, being viral before that was a term, growing while being profitable, realizing they got more traffic than the New York Times did, why they thought their site was better than alternatives.
https://www.npr.org/2022/02/04/1078415544/goodreads-otis-and...
Re: Show HN: A more social, Amazon-free alternative to Goodreads
#134I really wanted to like this website but I find the lack of password and magic links a very annoying way to authenticate to the website. I also imagine the magic link would confuse many users who are used to a traditional login form with email address and password. I admit, this site caught my attention but I refuse to have to check my email, for a link that doesn't resolve behind my firewall, just to authenticate to…
To clarify on the magic link, you only have to do that the first time. The authentication in the backend remembers you when you go back to the site, automatically logging you in. Ideally you'll only have to check your email once.
Re: Show HN: A more social, Amazon-free alternative to Goodreads
#135I don't care about your beef with Amazon. They serve the world, while your choice of vendor only serves US customers with US credit cards.
Re: Show HN: A more social, Amazon-free alternative to Goodreads
#136Best of luck - anything that's an alternative to Amazon, Google, Netflix/Disney/Hulu, Spotify, etc. and their many subsidiaries and affiliations is a plus in my eyes!
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#137Earlier quoted context omitted.
Oh this is so neat!! Thanks for the idea Anyone want this? Can have it up in March
I'd be curious about this too. where can I signup to get a notification?
Google form for email! https://forms.gle/myqMroFy2nAJR4YY6
Discord where you can watch it get built - https://discord.gg/ZwJxNtnKza
thanks!
Re: Show HN: A more social, Amazon-free alternative to Goodreads
#138Earlier quoted context omitted.
Oh this is so neat!! Thanks for the idea Anyone want this? Can have it up in March
Lmk if you want contributors, I was looking at building something like this as well.
Hey! Sure thing!
Google form for email! https://forms.gle/myqMroFy2nAJR4YY6 Discord where we can collaborate on it - https://discord.gg/ZwJxNtnKza thanks!
Re: Show HN: A more social, Amazon-free alternative to Goodreads
#139Is there a way to import goodreads, I often use the books that I’ve added to goodreads to choose the next book, if this were a feature would definitely move to it.
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#140I'm glad another site for book lovers exists, and I wish you well! But I think it's sad that Librarything has such poor marketing and branding that nobody ever thinks "well, there already is a better, cooler replacement for Goodreads, and it doesn't cost anything". It's been around for 17 years, has 2.6 million users, and very few people know about it.
> sad that Librarything has such poor marketing
I did not know it even existed, I have imported all my books into it and will wean myself of Goodreads.