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Show HN: Goodreads for Newsletters

18 points by gjusaityte 5y ago

bwb 5y ago
Very cool, although with goodreads being a bit of a disaster I am not sure I would pitch it that way :) Maybe, HN but for newsletters :)
- gjusaityte 5y ago
  Good point, HN for newsletters does sound great! Though it did catch your attention :))
  - bwb 5y ago
    Hah true :), but goodreads is my competition so i was extra curious!
    - gjusaityte 5y ago
      I've checked Shepherd and love the idea! Did you interview all of those authors? :o
      - bwb 5y ago
        Thanks :), yep although a bit streamlined in the sense I've got a Word doc they fill out as its more a recommendation bit, but pretty labor intensive! btw, have you thought of doing podcasts too? I've played with the idea as it is hard sometimes to find great ones, both newsletters and podcats in niches, it is something I've thought about with Shepherd (but don't have time for a while).
        gjusaityte 5y ago
        Docs are the best! :D Yes, actually, I did! I love podcasts and I think that this format would be a perfect fit. Though I was hoping to explore this idea after readsom will get enough traction - so it would be worth it:)
        bwb 5y ago
        Nice, you need a way to get people to link to you and drive traffic, got any ideas? You could do a feature of every newsletter author to try to get publicity with each one.
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punitvthakkar 5y ago
Thanks for sharing this, and great work on the website. It seems extremely polished and well made. I've submitted my newsletter as well <https://hellouniverse.substack.com https://hellouniverse.substack.com>, hope you'll be able to feature it. Just one input - the categories when submitting are a bit limiting - could you add a category of creative writing as well? Would be relevant for writers like me.
- gjusaityte 5y ago
  Hi Punit, thank you so much for such a positive feedback, it means a lot! It's so cool that you've submitted your own newsletter, I will definitely check it out :) It's a good suggestion, I will see what I can do about it :) As there are so many topics out there, I was trying to condense them and work on additional characteristics to provide relevant suggestions when you browse.
tectonic 5y ago
You're missing tags for science and space, among others.

18 points by gjusaityte 5y ago

bwb 5y ago

Very cool, although with goodreads being a bit of a disaster I am not sure I would pitch it that way :) Maybe, HN but for newsletters :)

gjusaityte 5y ago
Good point, HN for newsletters does sound great! Though it did catch your attention :))
- bwb 5y ago
  Hah true :), but goodreads is my competition so i was extra curious!
  - gjusaityte 5y ago
    I've checked Shepherd and love the idea! Did you interview all of those authors? :o
    - bwb 5y ago
      Thanks :), yep although a bit streamlined in the sense I've got a Word doc they fill out as its more a recommendation bit, but pretty labor intensive! btw, have you thought of doing podcasts too? I've played with the idea as it is hard sometimes to find great ones, both newsletters and podcats in niches, it is something I've thought about with Shepherd (but don't have time for a while).
      - gjusaityte 5y ago
        Docs are the best! :D Yes, actually, I did! I love podcasts and I think that this format would be a perfect fit. Though I was hoping to explore this idea after readsom will get enough traction - so it would be worth it:)
        bwb 5y ago
        Nice, you need a way to get people to link to you and drive traffic, got any ideas? You could do a feature of every newsletter author to try to get publicity with each one.

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punitvthakkar 5y ago

Thanks for sharing this, and great work on the website. It seems extremely polished and well made. I've submitted my newsletter as well <https://hellouniverse.substack.com https://hellouniverse.substack.com>, hope you'll be able to feature it. Just one input - the categories when submitting are a bit limiting - could you add a category of creative writing as well? Would be relevant for writers like me.

gjusaityte 5y ago
Hi Punit, thank you so much for such a positive feedback, it means a lot! It's so cool that you've submitted your own newsletter, I will definitely check it out :) It's a good suggestion, I will see what I can do about it :) As there are so many topics out there, I was trying to condense them and work on additional characteristics to provide relevant suggestions when you browse.

tectonic 5y ago

You're missing tags for science and space, among others.