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wencke | 4 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 a while a go someone on here were talking about that they were thinking about doing it. don’t remember exactly who
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verbiricha | 4 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 i hope they do it 🙏 i'd zap them hard, i need it and don't have the time to work on it myself 😓
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wencke | 4 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 it would be a nice option to not use goodreads etc
don’t get me wrong,i like goodreads but would like to see other similar options of it - preferably open source
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verbiricha | 4 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 i'm a fan of OpenLibrary. their dataset is open source and editable and has similar features to Goodreads but not quite the same. i want the functionality of both based on OpenLibrary's dataset.
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wencke | 4 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 i’ve never really looked into OpenLibrary. as non dev, what i like about goodreads is the functionality of finding indie books no one has ever heard of in other languages than English, Spanish etc which i haven’t been able to find anywhere else unfortunately. 
but it seems like maybe with OpenLibrary you may be able to add books that don’t exist - but i have no idea how OpenLibrary actually works. i might have to look more into it. 
what are the pros and cons of using OpenLibrary vs Goodreads?