28 points by tekkie00 6 hours ago|10 comments
Hey HN! I built a little side project I wanted to share.

Shelvy is a free, visual bookshelf app where you can organize books you're reading, want to read, or have finished. Sign in to save your own collection.

Not monetized, no ads, no tracking beyond basic auth. Just a fun weekend project that grew a bit.

Live: https://shelvybooks.com

Would love any feedback on the UX or feature ideas!

sanufar 4 hours ago
Wow, the shelf UI is a real throwback to the old iBooks shelf design! Looks great. +1 on the bounding box issue, it takes me out of the flow when accidentally triggering a book below the current shelf.
adamlgerber 2 hours ago
I just tried a few books that were not found or could not get the cover, even though they are both well known (over 50k reviews each on Goodreads).

The Physician https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4692.The_Physician

Soumission https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23929479-soumission

Is there something that might cause some popular books to not show?

nezaj 2 hours ago
Love this. +1 for the Goodreads import! I think it will make it easier for people to try!

Adding a link to buy the books on bookshop in addition to Amazon could be a nice touch too to support local bookstores

fifferfaffer 5 hours ago
Cool! I used to use goodreads and have been looking for another way to organize my digital bookshelf.

Some UI/UX feedback since you mentioned it:

- The bounding box for the books is large enough that I can trigger the popup of a book on shelf row-1 from current row.

sam537 4 hours ago
I have completely lost track of what I have read and my thoughts. I really should journal. That being said as somebody else mentioned this is very pleasing to the eye. The UI with no ads and no buy buttons is so refreshing. I see that some of the covers are from specific editions. Any way to change those? Where are they coming from? I will give it a try and add a few books and see. Good job!
snitty 5 hours ago
I miss Delicious Monster's Library app
BugsJustFindMe 3 hours ago
Can you import from existing book list services (StoryGraph, Goodreads, etc)? If not then the friction to use this will be quite high for people with established collections.
october8140 5 hours ago
Where do the covers come from?
Meleagris 5 hours ago
Out of curiosity. Where does the metadata for the books come from?
voisin 4 hours ago
Is it possible to import Goodreads history?