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shnksi··on Show HN: I built a site that finds the cheapest place to buy a book
What do you look for in a bookstore that makes them more responsible (apart from no Amazon) ?
shnksi··on Show HN: I built a site that finds the cheapest place to buy a book
The prices on Pages on Pages include shipping costs, I probably should be more clear about that on the page itself. Thanks :)
shnksi··on Show HN: I built a site that finds the cheapest place to buy a book
Thanks for this I just gave it a read. Sounds like you had quite the experience. I'll be sure to watch my scrapers closely, seems I may need to update them more often than I'd like.
shnksi··on Show HN: I built a site that finds the cheapest place to buy a book
Thanks! The immediate monetization is through affiliate linking to the various book sites that are aggregated. Letting people buy through the site would make for much better UX so that is certainly part of the plan.
shnksi··on Show HN: I built a site that finds the cheapest place to buy a book
ahaha thank you for the feedback. I'm working on the ISBN functionality as we speak, it'll be live within the next day
shnksi··on Show HN: I built a site that finds the cheapest place to buy a book
I've got filters in the works, audiobooks is a great one I'll be sure to throw that in. I'm aiming to have those live within the next week.
shnksi··on Show HN: I built a site that finds the cheapest place to buy a book
I see the problem, I'll have a fix out for this within the next day
shnksi··on Show HN: I built a site that finds the cheapest place to buy a book
Will take a look at implementing this. Thanks.
shnksi··on Show HN: I built a site that finds the cheapest place to buy a book
Thanks! If you have any feedback or criticisms at any point please let me know. I've got a feedback box on the site as well.
shnksi··on Show HN: I built a site that finds the cheapest place to buy a book
Looks like pi-hole only looks at the base domain which breaks most of the affiliate links on the site, I'll see if I can find a workaround
shnksi··on Show HN: I built a site that finds the cheapest place to buy a book
I'll take a look
shnksi··on Show HN: I built a site that finds the cheapest place to buy a book
Booko is fantastic, I just find their service a little lacking outside of Australia.
shnksi··on Show HN: I built a site that finds the cheapest place to buy a book
I love Booko as well, they have a great site. My only issue with them is I find their service slightly lacking when you're outside of Australia.
shnksi··on Show HN: I built a site that finds the cheapest place to buy a book
Thanks very much! If there are any features that would improve the site in your opinion please let me know and I'll build them for you :)
shnksi··on Show HN: I built a site that finds the cheapest place to buy a book
The goal of this site is to tell you the cheapest place to buy a book assuming you already know the title. So if you wish to search "Calculus" it's perhaps not the site for you. If you instead search for "Calculus Made Easy" you will get much better results on where to cheaply buy that book.
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