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Old 07-27-2012, 10:35 AM   #1
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Goodreads/Library Thing

I have been looking into these two web sites and I see that both of these are social networking sites. Are these two web sites competitors doing the same thing or do these two web site do different sorts of things? Are they complimentory or competitors?

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Old 07-27-2012, 11:01 AM   #2
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The interface for Library Thing is not that good. Goodreads is a lot better and Goodreads is free. Library Thing is NOT free.

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What does it cost?

A free account allows you to catalog up to 200 books. A paid account allows you to catalog any number of books. Paid personal accounts cost $10 for a year or $25 for a lifetime. (See here for organizational accounts.) I conservatively predict the revenue will enable me to recline all day on an enormous pile of gold.
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Old 07-27-2012, 11:09 AM   #3
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It's funny. I like LibraryThing's interface much more. I've found it to be customizable to allow me to display the data that I want to see in the way that I want to see it. I also like being able to customize the information, too. It is free (but only for a small collection).
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Old 07-27-2012, 11:22 AM   #4
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I find them complimentary. I started with LibraryThing and later opened a Goodreads account. Both have things I like and disllike.

And LibraryThing's lifetime membership is only $25. Hardly worth complaining about.
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Old 07-27-2012, 11:27 AM   #5
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I find them complimentary. I started with LibraryThing and later opened a Goodreads account. Both have things I like and disllike.

And LibraryThing's lifetime membership is only $25. Hardly worth complaining about.
I'm not complaining about the fee. But why pay for something that's not as good as something free? No reason at all. I don't like Library Thing and I do like Goodreads. I have accounts with both.
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Old 07-27-2012, 12:37 PM   #6
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I'm not complaining about the fee. But why pay for something that's not as good as something free? No reason at all. I don't like Library Thing and I do like Goodreads. I have accounts with both.
In your humble opinion.

Like I said, I have accounts on both and use both. Neither is perfect.
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Old 07-27-2012, 01:29 PM   #7
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The interface for Library Thing is not that good. Goodreads is a lot better and Goodreads is free. Library Thing is NOT free.
So, Goodreads lets you give them marketing data for free, while Library Thing wants you to pay them for you to have the priviledge of giving them marketing data. Awesome.
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Old 07-27-2012, 03:00 PM   #8
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Does goodreads do the barcode thing? I really liked that about librarything, but haven't been willing to pay for membership so it ended up a bit useless.

I created a goodreads account a while ago, too, but hardly used it in the end. I didn't really understand what I should be doing.
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Old 07-27-2012, 03:56 PM   #9
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The interface for Library Thing is not that good. Goodreads is a lot better and Goodreads is free. Library Thing is NOT free.
But Goodreads is also having some issues with author trolls.

Goodreads has a structural problem | VacuousMinx http://ebookne.ws/LNAGIz
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Old 07-27-2012, 04:03 PM   #10
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In your humble opinion.

Like I said, I have accounts on both and use both. Neither is perfect.
I never said either was perfect. But Goodreads is better and the volunteer staff they have is a lot more responsive to fixing listings. Plus, it's free and has a better interface.
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Old 07-27-2012, 04:09 PM   #11
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But Goodreads is also having some issues with author trolls.

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As one of the comments to the blog post says...

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On the other hand, it’s quite easy for readers to go over to Goodreads every day, enter their books, see what their friends and favorite reviewers are reading, and never encounter any of the drama. I tend to only hear about these things on blogs like this one, and I’d guess that the vast majority of Goodreads users are completely (and happily) unaware of it. So for them, things are working just fine. I’m not saying there aren’t problems — there obviously are. But I also think a lot of them are focused in a fairly narrow portion of the community.
It is very easy to not get involved with the author nonsense.
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Old 07-27-2012, 04:15 PM   #12
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Does goodreads do the barcode thing? I really liked that about librarything, but haven't been willing to pay for membership so it ended up a bit useless.

I created a goodreads account a while ago, too, but hardly used it in the end. I didn't really understand what I should be doing.
The iOS and Android Goodreads apps support barcode scanning.
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Goodreads only allows authors to give away paper books in their promotions. Authors who would like to give away digital editions (whether they be self-published, with digital-first or digital-only presses) will often do that on Library Thing.
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I've always felt that LibraryThing is more about cataloguing your books (it's more... librarian-like) and Goodreads is more about the social side of reading (with reading status updates and all that).

Yes, LibraryThing is not free, but you also don't get ads. And I also think that the GR interface is not very good.

LibraryThing has less reviews... but you also get to avoid all of the crazy/annoying gif reviews that plague certain books on GR (3 examples: 50 shades / Clockwork Princess / Walking Disaster).

Anyway, it depends on your personal preferences.

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It is very easy to not get involved with the author nonsense.
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