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Show HN: Yearly Faves – showcase your fave books and support indie bookshops
- bwb 5y agoVery nice :), I am actually playing with something similar at shepherd.com. Ill test it fully when i wake up!
- alphabet9000 5y agoconsider using smaller thumbnails for those books (the site uses 8.8MB of bandwidth just to load those book covers)
- cowllin 5y agogood point - will change that right now!
- aronowb14 5y agoNice! I love local bookshops and anything that supports them over Amazon is great. I plan on getting “Evicted” and and “Streetfight” based on your recommendations too, thanks for making this site!
- cowllin 5y agobooyah glad to hear it! Yep, I started this with Amazon affiliate links but was more proud of it when I switched to Bookshop!
- greenie_beans 5y agoby supporting indie bookshops, do you mean the “yearly faves” account on bookshop? that is a clever way to get people to buy through your bookshop account, but also whack and misleading
- cowllin 5y agoWell, initially I built this with Amazon affiliate links but then realized I'd like it to spread the word about Bookshop.org which supports independent retailers instead!
- greenie_beans 5y agoYou should link to the isbn on indiebound if that’s your intent. It gives you a variety of places to buy the book, including a list of the nearest indies. https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780525510314 https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780525510314 (I might buy that one btw, thanks for the rec)