{"id":242,"date":"2008-06-28T22:23:43","date_gmt":"2008-06-29T06:23:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mike.peay.us\/blog\/?p=242"},"modified":"2008-06-29T12:26:50","modified_gmt":"2008-06-29T20:26:50","slug":"a-google-maps-for-booklovers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mike.peay.us\/blog\/archives\/242","title":{"rendered":"A Google maps for booklovers?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I ran across an interesting website the other day which was mentioned in a podcast I listen to<\/a>. Zoomii.com<\/a> uses a web interface similar to Google Maps<\/a> but instead of panning streets, they let you browse stacks of books. Each book is represented in its relative size on a bookshelf and organized by category. Clicking on a book provides full information and provides an option to add it to your Amazon shopping cart or wishlist.<\/p>\n

What\u00a0intrigued\u00a0me most about this site, other than an original interface which provides a really decent analog to walking through a bookstore, is the fact they are using Amazon’s affiliate program to make money and as a result there’s no advertising or overt efforts to “monetize the visit.” The price they present is the same as if you navigated to the same book using Amazon’s “up-sell\u00a0at every turn” interface.<\/p>\n

I’m always pleased when I see a truly unique idea. It seems the best ones are the ones that are completely obvious when you think about it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I ran across an interesting website the other day which was mentioned in a podcast I listen to. Zoomii.com uses a web interface similar to Google Maps but instead of panning streets, they let you browse stacks of books. Each … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-thoughts"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t