Kidpen Posted April 22, 2018 Report Share Posted April 22, 2018 (edited) So, I'm making a website for a school project. The end plan is that it will send an email to you when any book on your Goodread's wish list go cheaper than a specified amount. That's not what I have right now, but I was curious about how many of you would use something like that. Oh, and this wouldn't be for Kindle books. Apparently Amazon doesn't want to let programmers get the price of those, so the only possible way is something I don't want to do. Edited April 23, 2018 by Kidpen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apollyon Posted April 22, 2018 Report Share Posted April 22, 2018 Hmm... this is a good idea. I would probably use it for any and all of Brandon’s books. Is there a way to specify that ‘set amount’? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kidpen Posted April 22, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2018 Just now, Apollyon said: Hmm... this is a good idea. I would probably use it for any and all of Brandon’s books. Is there a way to specify that ‘set amount’? Yes, the amount would be something put in by the user. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devout Pathian Posted April 22, 2018 Report Share Posted April 22, 2018 This sounds good, but does it have to go through GoodReads or could I just tell the site what books I want? I have GoodReads, but I don’t use it too much anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kidpen Posted April 22, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2018 Just now, Aurora the Rioter said: This sounds good, but does it have to go through GoodReads or could I just tell the site what books I want? I have GoodReads, but I don’t use it too much anymore. Has to be through Goodread's. You would click a login button which would link you to a Goodread's sign in page. You sign in and it knows your want to read books. I might make it so you can change your list through the site though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunbird Posted April 23, 2018 Report Share Posted April 23, 2018 1 hour ago, Kidpen said: So, I'm making a website for a school project. The end plan is that it will send an email to you when any book on your Goodread's wish list go cheaper than a specified amount. That's not what I have right now, but I was curious about how many of you would use something like that. Oh, and this wouldn't be for Kindle books. Apparently Amazon doesn't want to let programmers get the price of those, so the only possible way is something I don't want to do. While this is an excellent idea, it's kinda already been done in the form of GoodReads Deals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kidpen Posted April 23, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2018 2 minutes ago, Sunbird said: While this is an excellent idea, it's kinda already been done in the form of GoodReads Deals. Wait, really? Crap. I even searched up quite a bit to see if this has been done. They clearly need to market this better. Although, they technically don't have an option for physical books. Not that useful, but at least that means this wasn't a total waste. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunbird Posted April 23, 2018 Report Share Posted April 23, 2018 1 hour ago, Kidpen said: Wait, really? Crap. I even searched up quite a bit to see if this has been done. They clearly need to market this better. Although, they technically don't have an option for physical books. Not that useful, but at least that means this wasn't a total waste. True. I totally forgot that GoodReads Deals only works with ebooks and not physical copies! I would definitely be interested in an alert system for paper copies since I'm already subscribed to the GoodReads one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebecca Posted April 23, 2018 Report Share Posted April 23, 2018 This is a really cool idea, and I would totally use it. I have the Goodreads Deals thing, but I prefer physical copies of books, so this would be nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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