"Leatherbound" book serches

SameOldStory · 10-19-2010, 01:31 PM

I spotted Leatherbound in LifeHacker and it's supposed to make life easier for us as well as saving us money.

LifeHacker is, generly, a very good site, but in this case they couldn't be farther off the mark.

The opening page (as of this moment) of Leatherbound lists "The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin" so I searched on that title and receiver this selection to choose from.
Kindle - $0.00
Nook . - $9.99
iBooks - (unavailable)

Checking with AddAll Ebook there are 64 listings. On top of that you can also select other choices such as "Kindle" only.

nikkie · 10-19-2010, 08:57 PM

It looks like LifeHacker hasn't told enough of the story to really cover this one...there's a better write-up on Wired.

Leatherbound.me was made last weekend - from start to finish in 48 hours. It's not complete and still has some bugs. It's part of the Rails Rumble competition to produce the most useful/coolest/whatever website in 48 hours.

The team has quite a few bug fixes prepared already, but can't push them until the judging completes on the 23rd.

These folks are friends and colleagues of mine from Western Washington University.

I like the idea. If they can fix the issues of properly identifying books (by UPC and not title), this will be a neat product.

SameOldStory · 10-20-2010, 11:15 AM

I have to apologize (to whomever).

Thanks to you, I discovered a fascinating site.

Although I had read the caveat at the top of the screen for Leatherbound, I didn't follow any of the links, and just judged it as it was.

My hat off to everyone that participated in the event.

Thanks, nikkie.

PS - the 2007 winner looks like a winner (bad pun intended). Try out Tasty Planner. Not perfect, but fun and useful.

10-19-2010, 01:31 PM	#1
SameOldStory My True Self Posts: 3,126 Karma: 66242098 Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Trantor, Galactic Center Device: Galaxy Tab 2 7.0	"Leatherbound" book serches I spotted Leatherbound in LifeHacker and it's supposed to make life easier for us as well as saving us money. LifeHacker is, generly, a very good site, but in this case they couldn't be farther off the mark. The opening page (as of this moment) of Leatherbound lists "The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin" so I searched on that title and receiver this selection to choose from. Kindle - $0.00 Nook . - $9.99 iBooks - (unavailable) Checking with AddAll Ebook there are 64 listings. On top of that you can also select other choices such as "Kindle" only.

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10-19-2010, 08:57 PM	#2
nikkie Guru Posts: 614 Karma: 73700 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: WA, USA Device: Android, Kindle Paperwhite, lots of ancient readers	It looks like LifeHacker hasn't told enough of the story to really cover this one...there's a better write-up on Wired. Leatherbound.me was made last weekend - from start to finish in 48 hours. It's not complete and still has some bugs. It's part of the Rails Rumble competition to produce the most useful/coolest/whatever website in 48 hours. The team has quite a few bug fixes prepared already, but can't push them until the judging completes on the 23rd. These folks are friends and colleagues of mine from Western Washington University. I like the idea. If they can fix the issues of properly identifying books (by UPC and not title), this will be a neat product.

10-20-2010, 11:15 AM	#3
SameOldStory My True Self Posts: 3,126 Karma: 66242098 Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Trantor, Galactic Center Device: Galaxy Tab 2 7.0	I have to apologize (to whomever). Thanks to you, I discovered a fascinating site. Although I had read the caveat at the top of the screen for Leatherbound, I didn't follow any of the links, and just judged it as it was. My hat off to everyone that participated in the event. Thanks, nikkie. PS - the 2007 winner looks like a winner (bad pun intended). Try out Tasty Planner. Not perfect, but fun and useful.