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		wukerplank on Aug 7, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: What are the least competitive consumer an... Be sure to post here when you go live, I want this! I used Delicious Library to keep track of my books but it seems abandoned. I guess the challenge is to have an extensive catalog/API that makes it easy for users to add books to their library.

FtCollins on Aug 7, 2020 [–]

I would imagine there is a massive library API available somewhere.

wukerplank on Aug 7, 2020 | [–]

Haven't looked into this for a while, but most projects I saw were using Amazon's API, which I guess has the largest international catalog of books. The typical next result is GoodReads, which would be awkward to lean on for building a competitor.

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