Show HN: Shelvy Books

(shelvybooks.com)

26 points | by tekkie00 5 hours ago ago

10 comments

  • sanufar 3 hours ago

    Wow, the shelf UI is a real throwback to the old iBooks shelf design! Looks great. +1 on the bounding box issue, it takes me out of the flow when accidentally triggering a book below the current shelf.

  • adamlgerber an hour ago

    I just tried a few books that were not found or could not get the cover, even though they are both well known (over 50k reviews each on Goodreads).

    The Physician https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4692.The_Physician

    Soumission https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23929479-soumission

    Is there something that might cause some popular books to not show?

  • nezaj an hour ago

    Love this. +1 for the Goodreads import! I think it will make it easier for people to try!

    Adding a link to buy the books on bookshop in addition to Amazon could be a nice touch too to support local bookstores

  • fifferfaffer 4 hours ago

    Cool! I used to use goodreads and have been looking for another way to organize my digital bookshelf.

    Some UI/UX feedback since you mentioned it:

    - The bounding box for the books is large enough that I can trigger the popup of a book on shelf row-1 from current row.

  • sam537 3 hours ago

    I have completely lost track of what I have read and my thoughts. I really should journal. That being said as somebody else mentioned this is very pleasing to the eye. The UI with no ads and no buy buttons is so refreshing. I see that some of the covers are from specific editions. Any way to change those? Where are they coming from? I will give it a try and add a few books and see. Good job!

  • BugsJustFindMe 2 hours ago

    Can you import from existing book list services (StoryGraph, Goodreads, etc)? If not then the friction to use this will be quite high for people with established collections.

  • snitty 4 hours ago

    I miss Delicious Monster's Library app

  • october8140 4 hours ago

    Where do the covers come from?

  • Meleagris 4 hours ago

    Out of curiosity. Where does the metadata for the books come from?

  • voisin 3 hours ago

    Is it possible to import Goodreads history?