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viviena · 09-28-2010, 12:06 PM

I have a paid membership at LibraryThing. I like it a lot. The interface is ugly compared to similar sites and its social networking features are so-so, but its strength lies in its powerful book cataloguing features. Very flexible and customisable when it comes to dealing with metadata or filtering through one's books in their library.

I also like LibraryThing because:

1) the developers are active and fairly involved in the community;

2) it's well integrated with a book-swapping site I use, BookMooch.

Haven't dabbled much in GoodReads so far, but what I've seen I've liked. GoodReads seems to be more of a 'social networking for readers' website. I avoid Shelfari (yet another book cataloguing/social networking site) out of suspicion of past distasteful marketing practices.

09-28-2010, 12:06 PM	#16
viviena Evangelist Posts: 412 Karma: 520610 Join Date: May 2010 Location: Canberra, Australia Device: Currently Kobo Clara HD and Aura One, iPad	I have a paid membership at LibraryThing. I like it a lot. The interface is ugly compared to similar sites and its social networking features are so-so, but its strength lies in its powerful book cataloguing features. Very flexible and customisable when it comes to dealing with metadata or filtering through one's books in their library. I also like LibraryThing because: 1) the developers are active and fairly involved in the community; 2) it's well integrated with a book-swapping site I use, BookMooch. Haven't dabbled much in GoodReads so far, but what I've seen I've liked. GoodReads seems to be more of a 'social networking for readers' website. I avoid Shelfari (yet another book cataloguing/social networking site) out of suspicion of past distasteful marketing practices. Last edited by viviena; 09-28-2010 at 12:09 PM.