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Winners of the $10k ISBN visualization bounty

601 点作者 rzk3 个月前

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matthberg3 个月前
The winning submission [0] was discussed on HN recently [1]. It&#x27;s highly impressive from both technical decisions and graphic design viewpoints, it somehow elegantly visualizes <i>2 billion</i> books (in a way that resembles a bookcase no less).<p>[0]: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;phiresky.github.io&#x2F;blog&#x2F;2025&#x2F;visualizing-all-books-in-isbn-space&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;phiresky.github.io&#x2F;blog&#x2F;2025&#x2F;visualizing-all-books-i...</a><p>[1]: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=42897120">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=42897120</a>
c-fe3 个月前
Im slightly surprised mine won 3rd place, I believe they liked my simplicity and visualisation. Hosted at <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;isbnviz.pages.dev" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;isbnviz.pages.dev</a><p>But honestly, I find both of these better: - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;bwv-1011.github.io&#x2F;isbn-viewer&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;bwv-1011.github.io&#x2F;isbn-viewer&#x2F;</a> - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;anna.candyland.page&#x2F;map-sample.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;anna.candyland.page&#x2F;map-sample.html</a><p>in particular the one from bwv is technically similar but just all around better than mine, it is what I would want mine to be
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rahimnathwani3 个月前
This is amazing.<p>One thing I found odd.<p>I searched for &#x27;Stubborn Attachments&#x27; which worked.<p>On the same bookshelf there are several other Stripe Press books.<p>One of them is called Zero to One Hundred, by Stephanie Friedman.<p>When you search that book on Amazon, it has a different title, which I guess is reasonable as the book hasn&#x27;t been published yet and they may not have finalized the decision: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;a.co&#x2F;d&#x2F;bQX5CNf" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;a.co&#x2F;d&#x2F;bQX5CNf</a><p>Here&#x27;s where it gets weird:<p>- if you search for the book &#x27;Zero to one hundred&#x27; (the title shown on the &#x27;shelf&#x27;) it doesn&#x27;t come up<p>- if you search for the book by its ISBN, it does come up, but the name displayed in the search results is yet another alternate title. And the bookshelf displays that title. So the same part of the bookshelf looks different depending on what you searched for.<p>I haven&#x27;t yet read the blog post about how this impressive visualization works, so I don&#x27;t have an idea of why this is the case.
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TomK323 个月前
Fascinating. It allows for some interesting observations when you as I zoom in on this one (sadly no direct links to coords&#x2F;zoom level) <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;archive.anarchy.cool&#x2F;maps&#x2F;isbn.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;archive.anarchy.cool&#x2F;maps&#x2F;isbn.html</a> You can find publishers like Hueber Verlag[1] in the eastern part of the German language section. They spread their ISBN numbers in a pattern with something like 1360000 between them (I know, ISBN having a checksum leads to gaps in the numbering), which generates a repetitive pattern with plenty of empty space. It is so wasteful on this huge chunk they have.<p>Are there no rules on how publishers have to assign their numbers? Just so they could hand back an unused block if they don&#x27;t need it any longer.<p>[1] I can see how publishing learning material in 30 languages can give people &quot;ideas&quot; when assigning ISBN numbers <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;de.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Hueber_Verlag" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;de.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Hueber_Verlag</a>
bawolff3 个月前
I feel like visualizations of large datasets which are viewer-directed (i.e. they want you to &quot;explore&quot; the data instead of trying to tell you something specific about it or communicate a narrative) are often &quot;pretty&quot; but never particularly enlightening. I feel like that holds true for these in particular.
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dylan6043 个月前
I had a Pavlovian response to reach for the defrag program at first sight of the top image.
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robingchan3 个月前
This was great fun to enter nevertheless, congrats all involved.<p>My entry is still live for now for anyone curious:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;d199hl4t3ts6d9.cloudfront.net&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;d199hl4t3ts6d9.cloudfront.net&#x2F;</a>
ofou3 个月前
My most sincere love to all shadow libraries out there, you&#x27;re doing god&#x27;s work.
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franciscop3 个月前
I&#x27;m curious why there&#x27;s no clear &quot;Spanish&quot; in these ISBN visualizations; there&#x27;s 2 slots for English, one for France, Germany, Japan, Soviet Union, China, etc. but no big one for Spain. Do we really have so few books in Spanish? Or is this a predominantly English distribution?<p>I say this as someone who grew up in Spanish libraries and book shops, surrounded and immersed in Spanish books, so it feels a bit strange to see the tiny bit we occupy in the world map here.
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bondant3 个月前
The winning submission kind of remind me of the Eagle mode file manager where you can zoom into a directory to see files in it and keep zooming to access subdirectories.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;eaglemode.sourceforge.net&#x2F;emvideo.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;eaglemode.sourceforge.net&#x2F;emvideo.html</a>
soneca3 个月前
Where the database is from? How and how often is it updated?<p>I have two self-published books with ISBNs. Neither of them has the details in the 1st place submission (I assume it won’t be in any other as well?).<p>One was published on Feb 23 and the other on Dec 24. I had hoped at least the older one would be there. Does anyone know why they are not?<p>The ISBNs:<p>- 9786500718836<p>- 9786501276830
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layer83 个月前
Does Anna’s Archive track and account for duplicate ISBNs?<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;scis.edublogs.org&#x2F;2017&#x2F;09&#x2F;28&#x2F;the-dreaded-case-of-duplicate-isbns&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;scis.edublogs.org&#x2F;2017&#x2F;09&#x2F;28&#x2F;the-dreaded-case-of-dup...</a>
rishikeshs3 个月前
Noob here, but can someone explain like im fivr, why this is important? It looks beautiful nevertheless
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vessenes3 个月前
Public request: anybody here who hates Anna’s and wants to make a principled complaint about it? I love it and the idea of it so much, but I imagine some feel differently and I’d like to hear your best takedown shot.
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jonplackett3 个月前
Is there anywhere that lists&#x2F;publicises&#x2F;collates competitions like this?<p>I would like to have had a go at this but you often only find out about these things when winners are announced.
no-reply3 个月前
I don&#x27;t see any arabic literature. Curious whether that due to lack of actual digital&#x2F;ocr text or lack of availability of the pdf&#x2F;epub formats of the books.
boznz3 个月前
no wonder nobody can find my book :-)
divbzero3 个月前
These ISBN visualizations remind me of the maps of IPv4 address space.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;xkcd.com&#x2F;195&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;xkcd.com&#x2F;195&#x2F;</a><p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;ant.isi.edu&#x2F;address&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;ant.isi.edu&#x2F;address&#x2F;</a><p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.caida.org&#x2F;archive&#x2F;id-consumption&#x2F;census-map&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.caida.org&#x2F;archive&#x2F;id-consumption&#x2F;census-map&#x2F;</a>
ChrisMarshallNY3 个月前
Love the Trantor reference!
ivolimmen3 个月前
I have no idea whats on the site as my provider blocks it because European sanctions against Russia as this is on of the RussiaToday sites.
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