#8 – Planning the Best Book Page Ever

Adam & Ste discuss a late spring, enhancing book data with community involvement.

This weeks main focus: planning out what we should show on the new book pages.

Summary

In this conversation, Adam and Steve discuss book data organizational structures and how to enhance book data with information from external providers and the community. They explore the idea of allowing users to edit book data and the challenges of preventing spam and ensuring data accuracy. They also discuss the importance of filtering and sorting editions to help users find the specific edition they are looking for. Additionally, they consider the concept of marking editions as owned and the potential for recognizing contributors to book data. In this conversation, Adam and Ste discuss the implementation of an owned books list, which allows users to easily track the books they own. They also explore the idea of smart lists and how they can be used to query books based on specific criteria. The conversation then shifts to book editions and the concept of ownership, with the suggestion of creating a button to add editions to an owned books list. Finally, they discuss the addition of character tags and the editing of book data, as well as their plans for future development.

Takeaways

Enhancing book data with information from external providers and the community can help fill in gaps in book data.
Allowing users to edit book data can be challenging due to the need to prevent spam and ensure data accuracy.
Filtering and sorting editions is important to help users find the specific edition they are looking for.
Marking editions as owned can provide a personalized experience for users and recognition for contributors to book data. Implementing an owned books list would provide users with a convenient way to track the books they own.
Smart lists could be used to query books based on specific criteria, providing users with personalized book recommendations.
Adding editions to an owned books list would allow users to easily manage their book collections.
Character tags and book editing would enhance the book data and provide more information for readers.

Chapters

00:00 Introduction and Weather
02:25 Book Data Organizational Structures
06:09 Filling in the Gaps in Book Data
13:22 Allowing User Edits and Preventing Spam
19:23 Filtering and Sorting Editions
29:25 Editions Page and Edit Pages
35:04 Switching Editions and Multiple Reads
41:22 Marking Editions as Owned
47:25 Adding Books to an Owned Books List
51:31 Smart Lists and Querying Books
54:51 Book Editions and Ownership
59:38 Character Tags and Book Editing
01:01:32 Progress and Next Steps