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Originally Posted by daffy4u
I tried (with Librarything) but I'm just too lazy and don't want to deal with keeping up to date. I'd rather just read and move on.
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It did take a bit of work to put them in initially (I did about 20-50 a day until they were done), but now it really isn't much of a hassle. Now, once I finish reading a book I will add it to librarything. It takes just a minute to do it. Once I have done it I delete it from my Kindle. This way I remember what I have read that still needs to be entered.
The biggest benefits so far has been.
1. I create a tag for each month and use that tag on the book to indicate when I read it. I use the month I finish reading it.. for example I have used nov08 for the last 4 books I read.
2. I use the series page to see what books I am missing. This has come in handy for the Star Trek books of which there are several series and has helped me fill in the ones I have missed. (Catching up on the SCE series right now.)
3. I can send a link to someone to show them what I have read if they are interested.
There are alot of other things you can do with it too. Like compare your library to others. Find people with similar libraries. Get recommendations based on your library. View others rankings and reviews. Etc.
Also, someone said that they didn't want to "trust" some web based service. LibraryThink allows you to export your library to a text file or spread sheet so you can always have a local version if you want... or put it on your cellphone, reader or ipod, whatever.
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