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by bwb 10mo ago
Can you explain a bit more? I'd love to fix it -> ben@shepherd.com
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by bwb 10mo ago
Yep, I'm working on that, and thank you, good feedback :) If you want to try the new feature go here though: https://shepherd.com/bboy/2025 And from there you can get recommendations from people who loved DCC as o
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by bwb 10mo ago
So Anne Leckie's books have only been picked once by someone for their 3 favorite reads (a small number of votes). You can try that here: https://shepherd.com/bboy/2025 We don't know the authors' genders
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by bwb 10mo ago
Ah, I see, you want to be able to create an account without an email? Can you confirm that is what you prefer? We have to screen very carefully for fraud from overzealous authors, unfortunately. Email is a nice tool in that.
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by bwb 10mo ago
Yep, the full app will use negative ratings as much as positive :)
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by bwb 10mo ago
Yep, I've got a plan to eventually look at how we can do that, while still protecting the system from bots/spam (of which there are a lot). It is a challenge. For now, we need it behind a login system. We try to make it as easy as
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by bwb 10mo ago
It is so good :), this one is a bit more absurdist, I think, but equally dark. I read them over 2 weeks last Christmas. I hope they are a match for you!
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by bwb 10mo ago
Yeah, sorry, it was on my list to make optional or remove this year, but I didn't have time. It is on there, and I'll see what I can do tomorrow. The original idea was that we should weight votes more if someone has read 50 or 100
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by bwb 10mo ago
This feature doesn't require a login; you just put in the book/author you love, and it returns matches. If you want to vote, you'll need to log in. We needed substantial protection around the votes, and this was the easiest w
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by bwb 10mo ago
We are working toward breaking even on costs while still adding new features. All the money we raise goes toward those costs, which are quite lean. I've worked on this project since Dec 2020 for free, plus put a LOT of my own savings i
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by bwb 10mo ago
I'm surprised too, as that is one I overlap on :) We are working to do it based on frequency as part of the bigger app we are building right now. And show that. I'm hoping we might get that in this for next year. On the broader si
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by bwb 10mo ago
Nice, Black Company :) Sorry, nobody has picked one of his books as one of their 3 favorite reads of the year yet. We only have ~15,000 votes so far, but as we get more, that number will increase. We are working to improve this in 2026 as w
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by bwb 10mo ago
Ah gotcha, which ones are you looking for? So far, we only have ~5,000 votes for ~15,000 books over 2023 to 2025. We are still small but growing fast. Any chance you would share your 3 favorites this year and help us grow? We are working on
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by bwb 10mo ago
Btw, if you want to share your 3 favorite reads of the year, please share those here: https://shepherd.com/bboy/my-3-fav-reads/login?next=/bboy/my... You get a cool page like this: https://she
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Show HN: See what readers who loved your favorite book/author also loved to read(shepherd.com)
134 points by bwb 10mo ago|41 comments
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by bwb 10mo ago
You might try this: https://shepherd.com/my-book-dna This is an early beta as we work on this problem; I want deeply personalized book recommendations for similar readers. What do you think of the results?
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by bwb 10mo ago
Thank you for the kind words, super motivating :) We just launched a new feature that lets you enter a book/author you love and see which books readers who also loved that book/author liked as part of our "3 favorite reads&qu
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by bwb 10mo ago
I don't understand why this is important, I understand he likes the feedback, but it is artificial. It can help with brainstorming I guess, but I was hoping to hear more about his personal desires and what is lacking right now...
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by bwb 10mo ago
My 3 favorites were: Dungeon Crawler Carl - I laughed, I cried, perfect match for my sense of humor. The Comfort Crisis by Michael Easter - Great read, changed some of my training because of it. Fall of Giants by Ken Follett (#1 of The Cent
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by bwb 10mo ago
Gotcha, why?
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by bwb 10mo ago
I'm building a book recommendation app that tries to make it fun to explore books through what other people loved to read -> https://shepherd.com/ Some examples of pages we've built over the years using all the
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My favorite reads books about making scientific discoveries(shepherd.com)
1 points by bwb 11mo ago|0 comments
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My fav books on carbon dioxide's pivotal role in Earth history(shepherd.com)
2 points by bwb 11mo ago|0 comments
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by bwb 1y ago
I'm Ben from https://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/ We are not seeing anything right now... keeping an eye out but things are normal.
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by bwb 1y ago
You would not believe how bad publisher data is. I run a book website, and Dune is often tagged nonfiction in the data we get from publishers. I don't think they know how to use the BISAC system the industry uses ( https://bi
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by bwb 1y ago
Anyone got some favs to share? I need to read the new Peter Hamilton book (book 2 due out soon). And I am ashamed to admit I haven't read any Greg Egan yet, need to get on that :)
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My favorite cult sci-fi and fantasy books you may not have heard of before(shepherd.com)
145 points by bwb 1y ago|173 comments
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My favorite Jewish science fiction and fantasy(shepherd.com)
2 points by bwb 1y ago|0 comments
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Ask HN: What level of news do you need and not need?
10 points by bwb 1y ago|12 comments
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by bwb 1y ago
oh wow, didn't ever get that with CNN, try this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirror_life

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