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Show HN: Booky – app to organize notes from books you read

by moriquendi on 12/20/19, 5:44 PM with 13 comments

Hi folks, I've launched "Booky" - app for organizing notes from books you read.

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/pl/app/booky-organize-books-notes/id1492092565

With the app you can: 1. Snap picture of the book while you're reading it 2. Quickly highlight your favorite quotes 3. Sync your book shelf with Goodreads 4. Search in the notes you scanned

Promo video: https://www.dropbox.com/s/lfnwb8cvi5oyfd9/preview.mov?dl=0

Those features are similar to what you might find in ebooks apps but the app enables you to do that with physical books. I'm not sure how to build any business model around it so I'd love to hear your suggestions :)

  • by kuzee on 12/21/19, 1:33 AM

    I'll pay you $5/mo if it includes an intelligent way to sync the images I take of my book pages to my Google Drive in an organized way, such as per book. Adding in text that was OCRd and therefore searchable would also be great. So far my manual process is moving photos in Google Photos (I'm on Android) which is so-so. I'm fine with ads if I'm not paying.

  • by fadhilahwahid on 12/21/19, 4:14 PM

    I’d love for the option to choose an existing photo from my album :)

  • by jhymn on 12/20/19, 11:41 PM

    I use Readwise.io almost obsessively and would use your app too, but I'm on Android. Any plans for an Android app?

  • by greenie_beans on 12/20/19, 9:50 PM

    cool! i'll definitely use this. kinda similar to something i'm working on but not for physical books. this could be useful for academics, journalists, writers, etc

  • by vo2maxer on 12/20/19, 10:21 PM

    I will definitely try it. It looks really nice.

  • by heymartinadams on 12/20/19, 11:03 PM

    Nice work!