So, just took the 'tour' there, this looks great and closer than anything else I've seen to what I was looking for, thanks!

A Q before I join: not clear on the uploading your books and lending aspect. How are they handling that, I mean are they having people upload DRM'd copies of books and then enabling you to 'loan' them? Also, I assume that if one is in the habit of DeDRM'ing the books in your Calibre collection, these are NOT something you'd want to upload and use for lending on their site--this to me would seem like a point where it could go over the line in the sense you're now 'distributing' the DeDRM'd book and you're officially in the piracy business.


Never mind on that, found an FAQ on their site. No uploads/downloads of book content, the reference to lending is only about TRACKING books you have loaned to others. One other thing, I note that we have no functioning Calibre plugin for LT interaction; apparently Kovid posted that the site blocks metadata downloads. So that's a bummer, and 1 point in favor of GR which we do have a nice plugin for.

Now on Goodreads, yes I've continued to dig around on that site and it has some really nice features and nearly everything I said I'm looking for. But.....owned by Amazon, and only Kindle books purchased through Amazon seem to get the full integration in the sense of book notes, ratings, etc. I like Goodreads, just don't know if I want to invest all my eggs in that Amazon-controlled basket for things like tracking books read, ratings, etc. Because I have a LOT of non-Amazon books.....