hmkoyan

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Show HN: 7 months later – librari.io is live
4 points by hmkoyan 7mo ago|0 comments
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by hmkoyan 1y ago
Thank you for your comment. Yes, it is possible to import via ISBN scan. Currently, there are three ways to add a book: - searching (which uses the Google Books API under the hood) - manual addition (which nobody wants to do — I completely
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by hmkoyan 1y ago
Thank you for your comment and for raising the issues. When you set the book status to 'Read', an edit pen appears to the right of it (in the same area where you set the status), which you can click to edit the start and finish da
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by hmkoyan 1y ago
There's actually. Currently there are three methods of adding a book: - searching (which uses the Google Books API under the hood) - manual addition (which nobody wants to do — I completely understand — but is the only option for old b
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by hmkoyan 1y ago
Thank you for your comment. The text on the dark mode page at https://app.librari.io/subscription should now be fixed. Thank you for pointing that out. I plan to suggest a freemium tier and two affordable paid plans. Howeve
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by hmkoyan 1y ago
Indeed, librari.io is designed for managing physical books. Moreover, if calibre was intended for managing not only ebooks, I would personally prefer to use google sheets because calibre's outdated UI is sufficient reason for me not to
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by hmkoyan 1y ago
Thank you for your comment. Yes, the ability to extract from a picture is something that many people would also like to see, as well as you. I'll definitely think about this and add it to my backlog.
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by hmkoyan 1y ago
Thank you very much for this detailed comment — it is indeed very useful to me. The import feature is certainly on my radar and is something that I'll start developing very soon. You're absolutely right that it would make onboardi
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by hmkoyan 1y ago
Thank you for the comment. librari.io already uses OpenLibrary for metadata enrichment, but I'll definitely check out the others too. I'll definitely check out Colibri — thank you for sharing!
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by hmkoyan 1y ago
Yes, I can certainly be open and provide a lot of detail. The landing page is a standard Next.js application hosted on Vercel. The web app itself is a React app that uses Shadcn, Tailwind CSS and TanStack/React-Query, and the backend i
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by hmkoyan 1y ago
Thank you for your comment and for explaining your problem in such detail. Currently, you can mark your library as public and share the link with others, but they can only see the books in it. What you're saying actually makes total se
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by hmkoyan 1y ago
Thank you for your comment. Libib is indeed a well-established player in this industry. Although it suggests a lot of different functionalities/features, it lacks detailed statistics/analytics regarding users' reading activit
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by hmkoyan 1y ago
Thank you for your comment. Currently, there are three methods of adding a book: searching (which uses the Google Books API under the hood), manual addition (which nobody wants to do — I completely understand — but is the only option for ol
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by hmkoyan 1y ago
Thank you for your questions. The actual app can be used/seen only after signing in. Regarding your questions: 1. This was initially planned as a web-based application, and it still is. However, when it comes to mobile responsiveness,
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Show HN: I built library management app for those who outgrew spreadsheets(librari.io)
92 points by hmkoyan 1y ago|54 comments