diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index f22ee96..ca85bb5 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ function cleanWebsite(str) {
}
function metaDescription({ name, meta, description }) {
- if (meta.length > 155) {
- console.log(`warning: meta tag for ${name} is too long: ${meta.length}`)
+ if (meta.length > 155 || meta.length < 145 && meta.length !== 0) {
+ console.log(`warning: meta tag for ${name} is invalid: 145/${meta.length}/155`)
}
return meta || description.length > 155 ? description.slice(0, 153) + "..." : description || "A guide to and map of every independent bookstore in New York City. We have a complete list of community bookstores in NYC with locations and descriptions."
}
@@ -148,7 +148,6 @@ function SelectedStoreTemplate({
${description ? `<p class="description">${description}</p>` : ""}`;
}
-
readFile("./index.tmpl.html", function (err, data) {
const changeList = GetRecentChanges();
if (err) {
diff --git a/stores.json b/stores.json
index 1e99127..be31db0 100644
--- a/stores.json
+++ b/stores.json
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
"website": "https://www.mcnallyjackson.com/",
"events": "Yes",
"cafe": "No",
- "meta": "McNally Jackson Books, in Soho, Manhattan, is an indie bookstore with broad selection of genres, including international and small-press titles."
+ "meta": "McNally Jackson Books, in Soho, Manhattan, is a stalwart indie bookstore with broad selection of genres, including international and small-press titles."
},
{
"name": "Word Bookstore",
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
"website": "https://www.wordbookstores.com/",
"events": "Yes",
"cafe": "No",
- "meta": "Word Bookstore, in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, is a classic community bookstore, stocking fiction and non-fiction and hosting events in the basement."
+ "meta": "Word Bookstore, in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, is a community bookstore stocking fiction, non-fiction, and children's books, and hosting events in the basement."
},
{
"name": "Astoria Bookshop",
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
"website": "https://www.astoriabookshop.com/",
"events": "Yes",
"cafe": "No",
- "meta": "Astoria Bookshop, in Astoria, Queens, is a general-interest bookstore with a large children's department. It also hosts book clubs and signings."
+ "meta": "Astoria Bookshop, in Astoria, Queens, is a general-interest local bookstore with a large children's department. It also hosts book clubs and signings."
},
{
"name": "POWERHOUSE Arena",
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@
"website": "https://www.ursusbooks.com/",
"events": "No",
"cafe": "No",
- "meta": "Ursus Books, on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, is a vintage and rare book, map, and print dealer."
+ "meta": "Ursus Books, on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, is a new, used, vintage, and rare art reference book, historical map, and decorative print dealer."
},
{
"name": "Alabaster Bookshop",
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@
"website": "https://www.greenlightbookstore.com/",
"events": "Yes",
"cafe": "No",
- "meta": ""
+ "meta": "Greenlight Bookstore, in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, is a bright, airy store that stocks literary fiction, essays, and non-fiction, and hosts frequent events."
},
{
"name": "Dashwood Books",
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@
"website": "https://www.dashwoodbooks.com/",
"events": "No",
"cafe": "No",
- "meta": ""
+ "meta": "Dashwood Books, in NoHo, Manhattan, is a small (basement-level, down a flight of stairs) seller of art and photography books that runs its own small press."
},
{
"name": "Molasses Books",
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@
"website": "https://www.molassesbooks.org/",
"events": "Yes",
"cafe": "Yes",
- "meta": ""
+ "meta": "Molasses Books, in Bushwick, Brooklyn, is a a combination used bookstore, cafe, and bar, selling a selection of fiction, nonfiction, and Brooklyn zines."
},
{
"name": "The Corner Bookstore",
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@
"website": "https://cornerbookstorenyc.com/",
"events": "Yes",
"cafe": "No",
- "meta": ""
+ "meta": "The Corner Bookstore, on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, is a veteran neighborhood bookshop, with a dual emphasis on children's books and adult fiction."
},
{
"name": "East Village Books",
@@ -260,14 +260,14 @@
"city": "New York",
"state": "NY",
"postcode": "10009",
- "description": "A village institution, East Village Books has remained singularly itself as the rest of the neighborhood has changed around it. Mainly a used-book seller, the store has a selection of dissident literature and other, stranger fare, including copies of the anarchist newspaper The Shadow. Expect the unexpected among it's crowded shelves and low ceiling, and make sure to check the bargain books out back. $30 credit card minimum.",
+ "description": "A village institution, East Village Books has remained singularly itself as the rest of the neighborhood has changed around it. Mainly a used-book seller, the store has a selection of dissident literature and other, stranger fare, including copies of the anarchist newspaper The Shadow. Expect the unexpected among it's crowded shelves and low ceiling, and make sure to check the bargain books out back. Cash only.",
"lat": "40.727411",
"long": "-73.984498",
"country": "USA",
"website": "https://www.newyorkcitybookbuyer.com/",
"events": "No",
"cafe": "No",
- "meta": ""
+ "meta": "East Village Books, on St. Marks in Manhattan, has withstood the gentrification of the East Village and still buys and sells eclectic used books."
},
{
"name": "Strand Bookstore",
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@
"website": "https://www.strandbooks.com/",
"events": "Yes",
"cafe": "No",
- "meta": ""
+ "meta": "Strand Bookstore, near Union Square in Manhattan, is the best-known bookseller in the city, stocking new, used, and rare books on \"18 miles\" of shelves."
},
{
"name": "Bluestockings Cooperative",
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@
"website": "https://bluestockings.com/",
"events": "Yes",
"cafe": "Yes",
- "meta": ""
+ "meta": "Bluestockings Cooperative Bookstore, in the Bowery, Manhattan, is a community-focused and collectively-run activist center and feminist bookstore and cafe."
},
{
"name": "Kinokunya",
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@
"website": "https://usa.kinokuniya.com/stores-kinokuniya-new-york",
"events": "Yes",
"cafe": "Yes",
- "meta": ""
+ "meta": "Kinokunya, in Midtown Manhattan, is a Japanese bookstore and cafe that sells new books in English and Japanese, and has an entire floor devoted to manga."
},
{
"name": "Three Lives & Company",
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@
"website": "http://www.threelives.com/",
"events": "Yes",
"cafe": "No",
- "meta": ""
+ "meta": "Three Lives & Company, in the West Village, Manhattan, is a gorgeous neighborhood bookstore with knowledgable staff and a selection of literary fiction."
},
{
"name": "Shakespeare & Company",
@@ -335,14 +335,13 @@
"city": "New York",
"state": "NY",
"postcode": "10065",
- "description": "Sharing a name with the famous Parisian bookshop but no other official ties, this store has a general-interest selection of books on its main level and, downstairs, textbooks for the nearby colleges. The NYU, Gramercy, and Brooklyn locations have all closed in recent years.",
+ "description": "Sharing a name with the famous Parisian bookshop but no other official ties, this store has a general-interest selection of books on its main level and, downstairs, textbooks for the nearby colleges.",
"lat": "40.768188",
"long": "-73.963531",
"country": "USA",
"website": "https://shop.shakeandco.com/",
"events": "Yes",
- "cafe": "Yes",
- "meta": ""
+ "cafe": "Yes"
},
{
"name": "Book Culture",