Show HN: Ask anyone for book recommendations or give one
I've noticed that a lot of people want book recommendations but they don't want the "best" books in a field. They are looking for something that falls in their area of reading interest and something similar to what they've read earlier and liked.
--> In the absence of any context of what a person has been reading, it becomes difficult to recommend a book to him.
--> On the other hand, if I know someone likes reading biographies, my first reaction on discovering a great biography is to either message them about the book or try to "sell them the idea" of reading this book. Both the approaches are easily forgotten.
So to make asking for book suggestions easy, I've added this feature on ShelfJoy, called Recommend a book.
Now, you can simply share your ShelfJoy profile with your friends/with people whose recommendations you trust and ask them to recommend a book to you.
Example: I am on a reading challenge in 2017 where I am reading a business biography every month.
By sharing my profile here: http://shelfjoy.com/sia_steel/recommendations
I can simply ask for recommendations and friends can browse through my reading list, books that I've liked before and recommend me books they think I'll like.
My entire recommendations stay at the same place and I can simply shift that book to the books that I've read once I finish it.
+ I'm looking forward for some feedback on this feature and whether you find it useful.