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- home assistant (just a few currently, more soon) - paperless:absolutely awesome document management system - immich: image management with automatic synchro of my mobile taken images (ML features) - tailscale - StirlingPDF: simple tools for all things PDF

Comment · 2 years ago

Hi Aaron,

I really like your idea and the clean, simple execution! I'm looking forward to using it more in the coming days.

I'm curious about the technical side of things—how did you build the app, and how do its inner workings function? Is it open source? If possible, could you share more technical details?

Really cool, thanks!

Comment · 2 years ago

Hi Ben,

when I asked you, I already suspected that obtaining the data would be a real challenge. It’s actually unbelievable that you have to put in so much (manual) effort to get clean data—and then pay a lot of money for it, too. It’s a bit unfortunate.

I do have one more question: Shepherd.com seems to be specifically tailored for the American book market, right? Are you planning anything in the future to serve an international audience as well?

Since I’m from Germany, I looked into how things are here regarding book data. It seems like we might have it a bit easier when it comes to accessing book information. We have the VLB (https://vlb.de/en/), which provides book data—I’ll look into it more closely. The German National Library (probably similar to the Library of Congress) archives every book published in Germany! Their data might be quite useful too.

By the way, I didn’t realize it was so expensive to get an ISBN...

Wishing you continued success with Shepherd! I think it’s wonderful when someone pours so much passion into an idea—especially one focused on books!

Comment · 2 years ago

The bananas are really cool, but they distract from reading :D

Comment · 2 years ago

That looks pretty cool! Keep up the good work.

One thing I always wonder when thinking about creating something with books is, where does one get all the Metadata fir the books? How do you do that?

Comment · 2 years ago

I don't know why, but I like your idea

Comment · 2 years ago

Indeed! The only downside is that my kids don't speak English yet...

Comment · 2 years ago

That's completely insane and... Beautiful!

Comment · 2 years ago

What does status mean in your pages case? I saw e.g. Fileforge go inactive, but their website looks pretty active. How do you determine the status?

Comment · 2 years ago

This is so sad to hear...