booqsi.com
Consumer and social
book social network
SHOW HN2022
478points
187comments
#60of 2,570 in 2022
Top 3%of 2022 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
13 positive, 39 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 45 critical, out of 100 comments about the project. Thread score -0.35.
Idea: 8 for, 15 againstDesign: 2 for, 18 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 6 againstPricing: 0 for, 2 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Looks nice and easy to use
From 2 comments
cool, looks nice and easy to use. def gonna try out. but, this doesn't support indie bookstores if it's using a bookshop, unless it's the affiliate link for a specific bookstore.…
greenie_beans on HNthis looks great Justin! I've always found Good Reads to be very unappealing. What did you use as your source of book data?
adamontherun on HN
Amazon-free stance appeals
From 1 comment
I applaud the effort! The "Amazon-free" part is attractive, considering that many of us feel that Amazon's business practices are abusive of employees, anti-competitive, and…
softwarebeware on HN
Objections
Login wall hides book info and reviews
From 2 comments
This is great but I'm not going to sign up just to see what the site looks like. There's no reason for a large part of the functionality (book info, ratings, reviews) to be…
paxys on HNI really wanted to like this website but I find the lack of password and magic links a very annoying way to authenticate to the website. I also imagine the magic link would…
hadem on HN
Magic link login is inconvenient
From 2 comments
I really wanted to like this website but I find the lack of password and magic links a very annoying way to authenticate to the website. I also imagine the magic link would…
hadem on HNUgh. Hate it when I get emails from noreply@ .. how about setting up an email address for support? How do I find other people? I guess I can't find people on the site to network…
kingcharles on HN
Not enough differentiation from Goodreads or StoryGraph
From 1 comment
There's one of these every other week. IMO "more social" and "Amazon-free" aren't the 10x improvements you need to compete with Goodreads
personjerry on HN
Affiliate links do not really support indie bookstores
From 1 comment
cool, looks nice and easy to use. def gonna try out. but, this doesn't support indie bookstores if it's using a bookshop, unless it's the affiliate link for a specific bookstore.…
greenie_beans on HN
Requests
Import from Goodreads
From 3 comments
Booqsi looks really pretty and I love that it supports local bookstores! Are there plans to support imports from Goodreads? I know many people who have curated their shelves for…
sugaroverflow on HN+1 to importing from Goodreads (and, also, from my Amazon digital content list aka kindle-purchased books). I'm happy to go through an export/import cycle for these, but starting…
finnh on HNLooks great! I wonder if it would be possible to import data from Goodreads; many people use Goodreads to keep track of what they've read, and what they're planning on reading.…
boplicity on HN
Data export
From 1 comment
Impressive! It's a lot of work building a product like that. Please support export of a user's data. I just lost all of my Goodreads data when some system problem of their's…
NelsonMinar on HN
Better book recommendations
From 2 comments
As a potential power user of your platform, let me just say I really hope you solve the book recommendations problem, agnostic of sales or other influence. I spent almost as much…
bduerst on HNVery interesting... some feedback. So I search for "Proust", and the top 8 results are not Proust. Since Proust has one extremely famous book, I thought it would show up, rather…
lacker on HN
Social login options
From 1 comment
I'd recommend to add social login options. It greatly reduce the initial barrier to sign up. Besides the usual suspects like Google or Microsoft, Github, Discord are also very…
derekzhouzhen on HN
Questions
Why is browsing behind a login
From 1 comment
I'm glad someone's making this! I've been wanting an alternative for a while. I do have two questions: 1) Why can't I browse the site without an account? Is this temporary for…
slickdork on HN
Does it contribute to Open Library
From 1 comment
Does this contribute to the internet archive's open library? https://openlibrary.org/help/faq/about#what
snthd on HN
Alternatives named
StoryGraph
From 1 comment
Booqsi looks really pretty and I love that it supports local bookstores! Are there plans to support imports from Goodreads? I know many people who have curated their shelves for…
sugaroverflow on HN
BookWyrm
From 1 comment
I use BookWyrm [0], which is not only social but decentralized (ActivityPub) and thus interoperable with other social networks like Mastodon. It's nothing fancy, it just works…
rsolva on HN
LibraryThing
From 1 comment
I'm glad another site for book lovers exists, and I wish you well! But I think it's sad that Librarything has such poor marketing and branding that nobody ever thinks "well,…
karaterobot on HN