Show HN: Shelvy Books

(shelvybooks.com)

46 points | by tekkie00 a day ago ago

17 comments

  • sanufar a day ago ago

    Wow, the shelf UI is a real throwback to the old iBooks shelf design! Looks great. +1 on the bounding box issue, it takes me out of the flow when accidentally triggering a book below the current shelf.

    • tekkie00 20 hours ago ago

      Thank you! Amazing feedback, will fix the bounding box issue :)

  • snitty a day ago ago

    I miss Delicious Monster's Library app

    • fmajid 16 hours ago ago

      Why? It still works for me.

  • adamlgerber a day ago ago

    I just tried a few books that were not found or could not get the cover, even though they are both well known (over 50k reviews each on Goodreads).

    The Physician https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4692.The_Physician

    Soumission https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23929479-soumission

    Is there something that might cause some popular books to not show?

    • tekkie00 20 hours ago ago

      Good call out, will definitely address this!

  • fifferfaffer a day ago ago

    Cool! I used to use goodreads and have been looking for another way to organize my digital bookshelf.

    Some UI/UX feedback since you mentioned it:

    - The bounding box for the books is large enough that I can trigger the popup of a book on shelf row-1 from current row.

  • nezaj a day ago ago

    Love this. +1 for the Goodreads import! I think it will make it easier for people to try!

    Adding a link to buy the books on bookshop in addition to Amazon could be a nice touch too to support local bookstores

  • sam537 a day ago ago

    I have completely lost track of what I have read and my thoughts. I really should journal. That being said as somebody else mentioned this is very pleasing to the eye. The UI with no ads and no buy buttons is so refreshing. I see that some of the covers are from specific editions. Any way to change those? Where are they coming from? I will give it a try and add a few books and see. Good job!

  • october8140 a day ago ago

    Where do the covers come from?

  • sacul 20 hours ago ago

    Very nice! Care to share more technical details? Like others, I'd be curious to know how you're fetching the book covers.

    Personally, I dislike skeuomorphic design in digital interfaces. But still... very cool!

  • pizzamiheart 18 hours ago ago

    Looks fun! Just signed up.

    Can you add date read or like a date range you read it, or even just completed date?

    And are comments like notes for the person adding them or are they social, visible to others?

  • BugsJustFindMe a day ago ago

    Can you import from existing book list services (StoryGraph, Goodreads, etc)? If not then the friction to use this will be quite high for people with established collections.

  • batica81 19 hours ago ago

    Looks nice, imported goodreads no problem. Ai recommendation fails with unauthorized :(

  • Meleagris a day ago ago

    Out of curiosity. Where does the metadata for the books come from?

  • voisin a day ago ago

    Is it possible to import Goodreads history?

    • tekkie00 20 hours ago ago

      Unfortunately, Goodreads disabled their API. However, Shelby can natively import a Gooreads CSV export! Hope you can give it a try.