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I was working on a book social site where users earn badges after reading books. (Basically Foursquare for books. There would be badges for reading the top 10 b
by john2x 14y ago
I was working on a book social site where users earn badges after reading books. (Basically Foursquare for books. There would be badges for reading the top 10 books of a genre/author, milestones, etc.)
Gave up on getting a good book database.
- suresk 14y agoSounds like an interesting idea - I love reading, and a lot of ideas I've had have been book-related. Just curious - why not utilize Amazon's book database, since that is likely how you'd make your money anyway (via referral fees)?
- john2x 14y agoThanks. I was relying on book lovers' desire to "show-off" about how well read they (we) are. I started using Amazon, but when I started thinking about adding badges and it would need the book database to be very specific about authors/genres/titles, (which Amazon's wasn't) I realized it was way out of my league.
- npguy 14y agosounds like a solid idea to me.