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Given the submitted title said "like wandering a bookstore", the actual site didn't meet my expectations at all :( What you are describing sounds pretty cool t
by GordonS 6y ago
Given the submitted title said "like wandering a bookstore", the actual site didn't meet my expectations at all :(
What you are describing sounds pretty cool though. I'd only add 2 things:
First, for non-fiction books, an inside preview is a must for me (e.g. for recipe books).
Second, I want the same kind of quantity of books you'd find in a book shop - one of the things that makes it hard to find books on the likes of Amazon is just how many there are. A curated library of books would be preferable.
- msla 6y ago> Second, I want the same kind of quantity of books you'd find in a book shop Boutique book shop with airy rooms and lots of places to meet with authors and hold readings, or used book shops with books piled on books and all larger spaces subdivided into warrens and alleys using bookshelves which are, quite often, double-stacked? The former is more manageable, sure, but you'll only find that one philosophy book with interesting marginalia in the latter.
- bwb 6y agoThanks Gordon, yep we are a starting point and a ways to go. We've got some good stuff coming next month and then a big update toward July/August to get closer to that goal. An inside preview would be great, we point to Amazon for that as that isn't data available to anyone beyond the big guys who pay to scan every book. We have around 2,500 books on the site now, and should have around 10,000 by the end of the year. So far more than most book shops I believe.