ISBN Visualization
Cider9986
135 points
20 comments
March 27, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (11 comments)
ZenDroid
How much can you zoom it? Yes.
chcardoz
this is really cool!
shevy-java
One problem I see with annas archive is that there is a tendency towards older books. Now I do understand this for many reasons, but ... I recently read a book about steel construction in 1932, just for curiousity. I wanted to find a more recent one - did not even have to be, say, 1990 or 2000 or some such, but I simply could not find any (well, perhaps english speaking, but this is also a problem in that non-english languages are VERY underpresented in general). I hope they can fix this in the long run. We need to preserve digital information on a much broader basis.
Cider9986
There is a bounty for improving the visualization[0]. [0]: https://software.annas-archive.gl/AnnaArchivist/annas-archiv...
atulvi
Is there a similar one for IP?
implode7569
Feels like a market map for books. Very cool.
comrade1234
I got burned buying a trilogy with a good rating on goodreads. I only read the first 1.5 books and didn't bother after that. It sucked and when I looked again later it had a more relevant rating. I think the initial score was gamed by bots. So now I download from Anna's archive and if it's as good as I expected based on ratings then I pay for it, which I've done most recently for Children of Time. Thankfully I live somewhere where I can download legally.
kace91
It's very strange to me how small Spanish is there. Second language in the world by native speakers, piracy being effectively legal in Spain (non commercially), and so on.
FrustratedMonky
This is really nice. When zoomed all the way, it is a book shelf. Totally un-expected, nice touch.
rosstex
This makes it feel like there aren't many books in the world
fakefish
The bookshelf is nice, but I'd love to be able to read the titles more easily - maybe rotate by 90 degrees?