Show HN: StumbleUpon for books

Post by raimonds » Sat, Nov 16, 2013, 12:52 PM UTC

Post by raimonds » Sat, Nov 16, 2013, 2:11 PM UTC

untitaker_ wrote: post #2

Fetching books from HN threads is IMO a really good idea, but using the submission title seems to produce completely inaccurate teasers for me. I'd recommend fetching the title from Amazon too, and also somehow weighting the books by comment upvotes.

Post by raimonds » Sat, Nov 16, 2013, 2:37 PM UTC

openastorenow wrote: post #4

Very cool idea. I recently spent quite a while paging through HNSearch.com looking for book recommendations. My recommendation would be to make sure the "Next" button never moves. Some really long titles cause it to get pushed down a bit and that gets annoying when you're clicking on "Next" at a fast rate. I also agree there needs to be a little more information on the page because of the sometimes-indirect post titl…

Post by raimonds » Sat, Nov 16, 2013, 2:54 PM UTC

mistermcgruff wrote: post #6

Very cool. Naturally, scraping out of HN is gonna provide a few wonky teasers, but a great idea nonetheless. Just submitted my book per the site's instructions for kicks http://www.amazon.com/dp/111866146X

Post by raimonds » Sat, Nov 16, 2013, 3:02 PM UTC

loceng wrote: post #8

Fun name. Took me a moment to realize it's a word combination.. but cool. :)