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I'm flabberghasted that neither the article nor the comments so far talk about Open Library https://openlibrary.org/ https://openlibrary.org/ It's a nonprofit
by sayhar 5y ago
I'm flabberghasted that neither the article nor the comments so far talk about Open Library
https://openlibrary.org/ https://openlibrary.org/
It's a nonprofit, it's tied to the internet archive, it's been around a long time, its improving very quickly, and it Lets You Check Out Books!
- amatecha 5y agoWas going to post the same. Huge omission. Turns out they were founded in the same year, interestingly.
- girzel 5y agoThey're also working on some kind of recommendations engine: https://github.com/Open-Book-Genome-Project/TheBestBookOn.com https://github.com/Open-Book-Genome-Project/TheBestBookOn.co... I don't quite know how it works -- I've been meaning to spend some time exploring it, but haven't gotten around to it yet.