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Show HN: Built a Goodreads alternative for indie authors in SvelteKit

by dimmke on 8/27/24, 1:03 PM with 0 comments

Goodreads gets a lot of (justifiable) hate, but like a lot of platforms suffers from network effect that is hard to overcome.

Pickwick is designed to be an alternative that focuses on self published authors and a different feature set for discovery.

Recent new features include a slick drag n' drop tier list creator: https://youtu.be/39Db3jyONaU

It's a bootstrapped project and one I've been working on for the better part of 2 years. Wanted to show the HN community!