[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":645},["ShallowReactive",2],{"project-26871660":3},{"id":4,"name":5,"line":6,"line_source":7,"title":8,"url":9,"domain":10,"maker":11,"posted_at":12,"year":13,"points":14,"comments":15,"rank_in_year":16,"shown_in_year":17,"top":18,"tier":19,"category":20,"subcategory":21,"format":22,"keywords":23,"reception":27,"sentiment":28,"stance_mix":29,"scored_comments":32,"aspects":33,"strip":44,"post_text":46,"what":47,"said":93,"maker_in_thread":166,"shape":176,"grid":179,"attempts":600,"same_week":609,"maker_shows":18,"maker_hidden":637,"reader_version":638,"card":639},"26871660","Shepherd.com","Discover books in a new way, like wandering a bookstore","title","Show HN: Shepherd.com – Discover books in a new way, like wandering a bookstore","https:\u002F\u002Fshepherd.com\u002F","shepherd.com","bwb",1618903158,2021,313,152,113,2533,5,"legend","consumer_social","book discovery","web_app",[24,21,25,26],"book recommendations","reading lists","book curation","mixed",0.089,{"positive":30,"neutral":30,"mixed":18,"critical":31},18,12,53,{"design":34,"idea":36,"execution":39,"pricing":42},{"positive":18,"critical":35},3,{"positive":37,"critical":38},6,8,{"positive":40,"critical":41},0,1,{"positive":43,"critical":40},2,[35,35,35,40,35,18,41,35,40,40,40,40,40,41,40,40,41,35,40,41,35,41,18,40,40,40,41,18,18,35,41,18,18,41,18,35,35,35,18,45],4,null,{"problem":48,"audience":59,"pricing":68,"motivation":74,"time_to_build":46,"stack":79,"openness":90,"stage":91,"team_size":92},{"value":49,"source":50,"evidence":51},"Hard to discover books online the way you browse a physical bookstore.","maker",[52,55],{"id":53,"by":11,"text":54},"26871671","Hi all, the creator here :) I am trying to create an online experience that is like wandering through your local bookstore. Along with little notes pointing out great books by…",{"id":56,"by":57,"text":58},"26873636","cik","Well that's not what I was hoping for. I want to see bookshelves - like in the physical store. I want to go to a section (sci-fi, fantasy, cooking, whatever) and browse the…",{"value":60,"source":61,"evidence":62},"Readers looking for book recommendations by topic.","inferred",[63,64],{"id":53,"by":11,"text":54},{"id":65,"by":66,"text":67},"26872233","croon","This looks really great! The browsing part of book\u002Frecord\u002Fmedia stores never translated online for me, even if finding something specific became instantaneous. Slight hijacking:…",{"value":69,"source":50,"evidence":70},"Free to browse; monetised via Amazon and Bookshop.org affiliate links.",[71],{"id":72,"by":11,"text":73},"26872812","Yep I am very happy to share details. And, I will write more about this as I test monetization options here (http:\u002F\u002Fbuild.shepherd.com\u002F). 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A lot of work must have gone into it! Have bookmarked it.",{"value":104,"source":97,"evidence":105},"Curation concept appreciated.",[106,110],{"id":107,"by":108,"text":109},"26873557","ddoster","Awesome site, Ben! Curation is really hard. I was with a company called Roadtrippers where we were curating road trip destinations and had the same passion about travel as you do…",{"id":111,"by":112,"text":113},"26872444","freddie_mercury","This is a great idea! It is so great I'm already paying https:\u002F\u002Ffivebooks.com\u002F every month for it :-) Seriously, though, the more the merrier when it comes to reading and…",[115,119],{"value":116,"source":97,"evidence":117},"Browsing lacks physical bookshelf feel.",[118],{"id":56,"by":57,"text":58},{"value":120,"source":50,"evidence":121},"Homepage feels rough and unfinished.",[122],{"id":53,"by":11,"text":54},[124,132,139],{"value":125,"source":97,"evidence":126},"Bookshelf-style browsing with rendered covers.",[127,128],{"id":56,"by":57,"text":58},{"id":129,"by":130,"text":131},"26877035","chaostheory","I dig your Netflix style categorizations, but it would be nice to have a Netflix like UI to go along with it. Still nice though",{"value":133,"source":97,"evidence":134},"Shorter list titles without the repeated prefix.",[135],{"id":136,"by":137,"text":138},"26873357","alfonsodev","Congrats! lovely idea! A humble suggestion would be to remove \"The Best Books On ..\" prefix for every title, maybe just having it once at the top, as it creates a bit of friction…",{"value":140,"source":97,"evidence":141},"RSS feed.",[142],{"id":143,"by":144,"text":145},"26873107","genmon","This is amazing! Is the email newsletter critical to your model, or would you consider supporting RSS?",[147,154],{"value":148,"source":97,"evidence":149},"What is the business model?",[150],{"id":151,"by":152,"text":153},"26872755","jamiegreen","Hi Ben, really nice site, bookmarked. I am curious, if you are open to sharing, what your business model is? 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