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Re:Show HN: Coffeetable, A new UX to discover books inside C... by devel12 on Tuesday August 25, 2026 @08:25AM (#49432775)
so this is essentially a workaround for copyright guardrails?
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Re:Show HN: Coffeetable, A new UX to discover books inside C... by Kushalzen on Tuesday August 25, 2026 @09:01AM (#49433296)
Welll

1. Because Claude knows you, It can pick the right page that can convince you about the book. 2. And its frictionless cause its happening right inside Claude.

these are kind of reasons why i think

claude + coffeetable >> just claude > google it

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Re:Show HN: Coffeetable, A new UX to discover books inside C... by kgarg04 on Tuesday August 25, 2026 @09:20AM (#49433555)
claude quoted for me and found better recommendation than coffeetable
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Re:Show HN: Coffeetable, A new UX to discover books inside C... by Kushalzen on Tuesday August 25, 2026 @09:38AM (#49433878)
Nah bro, claude doesn't "quote" any book that is not publicly free

Can you share the prompt you gave? or like share the chat link

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