I found this fabulous website while perusing Nina Munteanu’s blog The Alien Next Door (it’s listed in her blog roll).
LibraryThing.com is a bibliophile’s wonderland. The search engine at LibraryThing is tied into Amazon.com and 78 other sources around the world, making it fast and easy to find almost any published title.
Once registered at LibraryThing, which only requires the creation of a username and password, you can begin uploading the titles of books in your own library. Why would you want to catalouge your library online? That was the same question I had. Then, I discovered some of LibraryThing’s other features.
LibraryThing cross references your library with the libraries of other bibliophiles, creating a social network of readers with similar interests. LibraryThing also has a suggestion feature which makes suggestions on books you might like based on books you already own.
LibraryThing also has book review and comment sections which will tell you what other readers thought of a book before you invest in it. And as a special little perk, you can see which books published authors have in their own libraries.
I began cataloguing my library this morning, but so far I only have one shelf done (after all it is the 4th of July and I have plans to BBQ in the back yard), but feel free to check it out. I will try to add a shelf a day until I get it all in there. Click here for the link to my profile.
July 4, 2007 at 11:05 am
there are actually a lot more sites similar to librarything around the internet. i like librarything’s layout and user-friendliness but the only down part is we only get to catalog 200 books for free and the rest have to be paid a lifetime fee. others like reader2, shelfari, gurulib, allconsuming, delicious library, bookpedia and goodreads are free, though librarything seems to be the best in terms of features.
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July 4, 2007 at 1:56 pm
Wow, Thanks for all the info sulz. I did not know about the other websites.
For the record, a paid personal account (the ability to catalog more than 200 titles) is $10 a year or $25 for life.
If you’re a used book seller or a non-profit group, LibraryThing also has organizational accounts.
July 5, 2007 at 1:30 am
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July 6, 2007 at 1:31 am
I guess Wordsy.com has a ways to go…but we’ll get there. Actually, I’d be interested to hear what features you’d like Wordsy to have. Somewhere in the next few weeks a new release will go live btw.
Hans