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Work · September 16, 2018

Book Engine

Are you a bibliophile? Then this Alexa Skill is for you!

Book Engine launched on September 16, 2018 with 70 votes, #613 of 2,635 launches that month and more than 50% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 8 years on.

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What it does

Book Engine is an open source project under Paytm - Build for India initiative, which will give the recommendation, predictions and search results based on author, genre and book title/ISBN. The same business logic is also getting used for prototype of a VR app and chatbot.

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