codemonky

Re:Show HN: I developed a website to find books similar to my kid's fa... on Friday February 04, 2022 @01:10AM (#30203437)

thanks! The results displayed after entering a search term are currently coming from the Google books api. Agree that those results can be refined more. It was originally built for picture book previews but can be used for any book.

The genre menu picker towards the top of the page can be used to filter books by genre such as "picture books" or "mystery and crime."

Re:Show HN: I developed a website to find books similar to my kid's fa... on Friday February 04, 2022 @12:58AM (#30203373)

Thanks! I created the previewer myself in ReactJS/Ruby on Rails. The titles that appear in the search results are driven by the google books api.

Re:Show HN: I developed a website to find books similar to my kid's fa... on Thursday February 03, 2022 @04:57PM (#30199545)

Would like to hear if anyone finds it useful or general feedback. Thanks!

Show HN: I developed a website to find books similar to my kid's favorite

Posted by codemonky on Thursday February 03, 2022 @03:29PM
from the show-hn dept.

https://www.feedingreader.com

I built this ReactJS/Ruby on Rails single page web app out of personal need. My son wanted a book like “Curious George” but I didn’t have a good way to find one. The tool allows you to flip through pages of books for online previews.

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