ALSO ALSO- as someone who has a lot of pre-ISBN books, LibraryThing’s search functionality/database for older editions is far superior.There are over 700 data sources, and you can narrow them down by language or country.

Want to add books using the Library of Congress? You can do that. ALSO- LibraryThing lets you select the source you use when searching. LibraryThing– search for a book, click on the one you want, click “add to your library.” There’s also an “Add Books” menu on your homepage, which eliminates a step. Goodreads now sources its data from Ingram and other places.) If your book isn’t on Amazon, you have to add it by hand.(**ETA: A commenter below told me that this isn’t true anymore. As far as I can tell, Goodreads only uses Amazon as a data source. You can also go under the “My Books” tab, click “add books,” and search that way. Goodreads– search for a book in the search box, find the one you want, click “add to my books.” Done and done. This week, we’ll consider how to add books to your library, the book recommendation functions, stats, the user interfaces, and discussion/groups. It’s a ridiculous amount of information, so I’ll be splitting this over two weeks. The two most popular book cataloguing/social networking sites seem to be Goodreads and LibraryThing.So which one should you use? What are the benefits/drawbacks of each? I’ve got accounts on both sites and have done some major digging into their terms of service (TOS) and various functionalities to give you some (many) points to consider about both sites. While I used to do this on a spreadsheet, the internet has kindly provided a digital way to catalogue my books with the ADDED BONUS of allowing me to interact with other bookish folks. Books I own, books I own that I haven’t read, books I own that have purple covers- whatever. If there’s one thing I love almost as much as books, it’s making lists of books.

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