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by kant_adorn_arts 1603 days ago
great idea - but I think there needs to be much more refinement. On the front page when I landed there were all kinds of books, like "Trumped" which is not a kids book. So maybe look at the landing page to fit your genre. Then on a search for "Tintin" I get "Television as an Instrument of Terror" which in this case is probably not relevant. Relevant content did come up also "Rick Steins Belgium", Tintin books and a biography of Herge.

I like the ability to read the book in the pop up.

So great idea, but is this a allbooksearch engine for anybody, or a kids book site?

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thanks! The results displayed after entering a search term are currently coming from the Google books api. Agree that those results can be refined more. It was originally built for picture book previews but can be used for any book.

The genre menu picker towards the top of the page can be used to filter books by genre such as "picture books" or "mystery and crime."