Hardcover Reviews and Details

Is Hardcover good?

Social recommendations and mentions

• Craig Mod built his own Good Reads

  I like https://hardcover.app and the team behind it is really responsive to the community. - Source: Hacker News / 17 days ago

• The Perils of ISBN

  Https://hardcover.app is another choice. It's the one I've been using since right after the second Trump inauguration when I decided to "de-oligarch" as much as possible. - Source: Hacker News / 5 months ago

• The Perils of ISBN

  > why isn't there a letterboxd for books There is. https://hardcover.app I used Letterboxd a lot before kids. I used Goodreads until the Trump inauguration when I de-Amazon'd myself as much as possible (Amazon owns Goodreads). I switched to Hardcover, which is a much better interface. There are ways to improve, but overall I prefer it over Goodreads. - Source: Hacker News / 5 months ago

• Show HN: Vibe coding a bookshelf with Claude Code

  It is as if you have recreated Hardcover.app (https://hardcover.app/@BenHouston3D) - good job! - Source: Hacker News / 7 months ago

• Show HN: I scraped 3B Goodreads reviews to train a better recommendation model

  I'm not into the social aspect, so Goodreads was never an option, but Hardcover[1] seems like a pretty good alternative. [1]: https://hardcover.app. - Source: Hacker News / 9 months ago

• Unhooking from Amazon Ebooks

  For other ways to sync status/mark as reading, you can checkout [hardcover.app](https://hardcover.app). My wife found it as she is also very interested in divesting from Amazon. I found a [Koreader plugin](https://github.com/Billiam/hardcoverapp.koplugin) as well. - Source: Hacker News / about 1 year ago

• Fun with Hardcover's Book API: A quick reference

  So once you get the slug, you'll just need to prepend https://hardcover.app/books/ to the beginning of it to create your Hardcover URL. - Source: dev.to / over 1 year ago

• StoryGraph is the Goodreads alternative worth switching to

  For what it's worth: I'm finding the general community vibe, as well as the features, to be better over at https://hardcover.app. - Source: Hacker News / over 2 years ago

• Ask HN: What app do you use for book recommendations?

  I missed this when you posted, but I'd love for you to check out Hardcover! ( https://hardcover.app/ ). We do exactly what you described - recommending books based on collaborative filtering and comparing your tastes with similar readers. There are a few ways we make this available: * We calculate a "match score" from 0% to 100% for you with each book that we can. A score of 100% means we're pretty sure you'll... - Source: Hacker News / almost 3 years ago

• Goodreads was the future of book reviews. Then Amazon bought it.

  I agreed when I tried it out, couldn't quite put my finger on it. So far I've been keeping an eye on Hardcover by using it alongside Goodreads which seems promising, at least feels a little more natural in use (though maybe that's just me). Maybe you'll like it? Source: about 3 years ago

• Desperately waiting for goodreads alternative

  Just to 2nd waht d4nyll said, try https://app.thestorygraph.com/ or https://hardcover.app/ Both are great for book tracking, and I think Story Graph has better "social features" then most (and they are about to work on more). I run Shepherd.com, I am trying to create a book discovery experience like wandering a bookstore. Something I don't think Goodreads or any websites do well. So far I've interviewed 8,000+... - Source: Hacker News / about 3 years ago

• Hardcover app - track books, find new ones to read and peek into other readers' libraries

  This is the link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=hardcover.app&pli=1 Also to the web app: https://hardcover.app. Source: about 3 years ago

• What products are you working on which is genuinely making world a better place to live?

  We’re building Hardcover to be a 100% employee owned alternative, looking to the future. We’re building out the product for readers first, with other personas (like authors, publishers) next. Source: about 3 years ago

• What are the best websites to analyze or visualize your Goodreads books/stats?

  Hardcover has overall stats and stats by year for your books. You can import your library from the Goodreads export. It’ll generate a bunch of data visualizations and highlights including (coolest ones have a ⭐️). Source: about 3 years ago

• Are there any other Authors community?

  We're building something at https://hardcover.app. Source: about 3 years ago

• Looking for non-Goodreads websites to catalog and sort your favorite books? Try one of these 3 exciting new developments!

  Https://hardcover.app - Clean, sleek and user-friendly, Hardcover is an up-and-coming social cataloging app independent of Amazon that features many of the same assets as Goodreads, but without the toxic culture of Goodreads. Taking advantage of new technology such as AI without being invasive or creepy, Hardcover offers better recommendations, an author-friendly space, and even allows you to import your Goodreads... Source: about 3 years ago

• Boycotting Amazon means boycotting IMDb and Goodreads, too

  If you are looking for a Goodreads alternative check out https://hardcover.app. Source: over 3 years ago

• I hate Goodreads! Is there a feasible alternative?

  Me and a small team are building https://hardcover.app. Source: over 3 years ago

• [help] Looking for an API for new book releases

  This might be a good question for the team building https://hardcover.app - they have a discord where they're fairly responsive. Can't hurt to ask! Source: over 3 years ago

• Book Journaling Tips

  I usually keep it in the notes app on my phone, or on https://hardcover.app as private book notes or reviews. Source: over 3 years ago

• Do any of you *not* keep track of the books you read?

  I'm building Hardcover with a small team, if you wanna check it out I'm curious what you think if you get a chance. You can invite your friend, I'm also curious as a non-book-tracking reader if it's enough to convince her to sign up 😅. Source: over 3 years ago