Show HN: Hackershelf. Community curated collection of legally free books

Re:Show HN: Hackershelf. Community curated collection of leg... by kjetil on Tuesday February 14, 2012 @12:16PM (#3590819)

Nice site, but it seems of the books aren't really free. Code complete and Programming pearls come to mind.

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Re:Show HN: Hackershelf. Community curated collection of leg... by davidjhall on Tuesday February 14, 2012 @02:46PM (#3591461)

I came back here to say this as well. It doesn't look like there's moderation except by the community ... and if the community doesn't realize that the site is for free books and is just upvoting books they like, then it's not really free books. http://hackershelf.com/book/45/code-complete/

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Re:Show HN: Hackershelf. Community curated collection of leg... by okal on Tuesday February 14, 2012 @02:52PM (#3591487)

Yeah, I noticed this as well. I was browsing from my phone on the bus and felt pretty helpless. I didn't realize moderation issues would crop up so soon. Hell, I wasn't even sure people would like it. Rest assured, I'm working on this over the next couple of hours. Thanks.

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Re:Show HN: Hackershelf. Community curated collection of leg... by readme on Tuesday February 14, 2012 @07:57PM (#3592533)

Perhaps the solution would be to simply include a "free []" checkbox in the post book form. That way those who want free books can just select a filter.

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Re:Show HN: Hackershelf. Community curated collection of leg... by archgoon on Wednesday February 15, 2012 @09:24AM (#3594301)

Which also ceases to make the site a community around free books.

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