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I'm currently trying to remember the name of a book I saw in a book store so I can buy it on Kindle, so, in some ways, I'd say you would have a user today. HOW
by pedalpete 14y ago
I'm currently trying to remember the name of a book I saw in a book store so I can buy it on Kindle, so, in some ways, I'd say you would have a user today.
HOWEVER, what are you really offering here? Do you REALLY think you can do a better job of search than google or amazon? That is absolutely what you are up against.
I think the idea of contacting publishers to ask their opinion is useless. They'd say 'yes', if it meant more sales, this is a dying industry, they want anything that 'might' help them.
Keyword search is likely not a good idea. How well do people remember the color of a book, or how good are they going to be at describing what was on the cover.
You've got a potential market, but I think you're going about it the wrong way.
What about an app that lets a user take a photo of a book, and then you match that to where they can find the book online?
- narayankpl 14y ago"What about an app that lets a user take a photo of a book" Why an app, would just taking a photo of the cover with your phone and sending it to your email id, not do as well?
- ziikutv 14y ago"What about an app that lets a user take a photo of a book, and then you match that to where they can find the book online?" I have thought of that but if they have the picture they could easily drag that on to Google images and find the book. Also, they have the title of the book in the picture that they took and just searching the title would get them the book. Hence, no need for me. I do see it as an additional feature however! Thanks for your feedback.