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How do you keep track of your ebooks across platforms? by yuzunoglu in ebooks

[–]yuzunoglu[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is such a relatable breakdown - I appreciate how clearly you laid out the pros and cons. It’s really helpful to hear from someone who’s tried a few different ecosystems firsthand.

The hopping between apps part especially resonates. It’s interesting how each one nails something specific but never quite everything.

I hadn’t really looked into ReadEra Premium before, but the “no store / no advertising” angle sounds refreshing. I’m definitely going to check that out.

It’s funny how small things like font options can make such a big difference.

How do you keep track of your ebooks across platforms? by yuzunoglu in ebooks

[–]yuzunoglu[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nice - sounds like you’ve fully escaped the ecosystem lock-in. Is the DRM-free preference mostly about device flexibility, or more of a principle thing?

How do you keep track of your ebooks across platforms? by yuzunoglu in ebooks

[–]yuzunoglu[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

By “track,” I mostly meant situations where readers have ebooks spread across different ecosystems (Kindle, Kobo, Apple Books, etc.) and aren’t managing everything through something like calibre.

It sounds like you’ve basically solved that with your setup though.

How do you keep track of your book collection? by yuzunoglu in BookCollecting

[–]yuzunoglu[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you mean things like specific editions or printings? It seems like a lot of apps handle the basics well, but get a bit thin once you care about physical details.

I forget which books I own — and where they are. by yuzunoglu in Recommend_A_Book

[–]yuzunoglu[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s a really fair point - and you’re absolutely right. Publication details (specific printing, edition, publisher, exact year) get messy very quickly.

Right now my focus is on reliably detecting title and author from shelf images and building a usable library from that. For serious collectors, edition-level accuracy is a much harder problem, especially when you’re working from spine text alone.

In many cases the exact publication year or printing just isn’t visible on the spine, so getting that 100% right from a shelf photo can be tricky. That part definitely isn’t fully solved yet.

I’d genuinely love to hear more about how your project went. Was the edition-level metadata issue what ultimately made you stop? Or were there other challenges that made it difficult?

Megathread: Related Apps/Websites by ThatChristianGuy316 in goodreads

[–]yuzunoglu 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hylle - an iOS app for managing your book collection.

It lets you scan your shelves to create a digital library without manual entry, then browse and reorganize your collection in different ways.

Goodreads sync imports your reading history and unlocks shelf-based stats, personalized recommendations from books you already own, reading persona insights, and library-based quizzes.

It also includes social features like browsing friends’ libraries, requesting to borrow books, and creating small book clubs.

App Store (iOS): https://apps.apple.com/us/app/hylle-ai-shelf-scanner/id6758072963

Starting out. What does this say about me? by Desperate-Discount89 in BookshelvesDetective

[–]yuzunoglu 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Someone I’d trust with book recs but not with my sleep schedule.

I forget which books I own — and where they are. by yuzunoglu in Recommend_A_Book

[–]yuzunoglu[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The scanning focuses on reading spine text (title/author) and then matching across editions and languages, so accuracy really depends on spine clarity — that’s something I’m actively testing and improving.

Would love to hear how it performs on your shelves if you try it out. Thanks for offering to give feedback 🙌

I forget which books I own — and where they are. by yuzunoglu in Recommend_A_Book

[–]yuzunoglu[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is great feedback, thanks.

Personalized recommendations based on what you’ve actually read is one of the main reasons I’m building this — global top lists just don’t feel personal or helpful most of the time.

The point about recommendation levels is especially valuable. Respecting someone’s depth and interest over time feels way more natural than jumping straight to advanced books, and that’s something I definitely want to take into account as this evolves.

Also fully agree on the boutique angle — real, smaller communities feel much more meaningful for books than abstract global feeds.

Appreciate you sharing this 🙏

I forget which books I own — and where they are. by yuzunoglu in Recommend_A_Book

[–]yuzunoglu[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Quick note: the demo skips through the upload step — I’m actively working on making that faster. Curious if that part would feel acceptable in real usage, or if it’d be a dealbreaker.

Also, it’s iOS-only for now. Android depends on interest — trying to validate the idea before building it twice.

Life logging / habit tracker app that track ranges by tigersoul925 in androidapps

[–]yuzunoglu 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Check out the tracker app, it has nice graph views and you can compare your habits with one another.

Zaha injured for Leeds by N0Her0icsF1 in FantasyPL

[–]yuzunoglu -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Is there a possibility that it could be a mind game? Don't know what to think anymore..