Rambling ReadersDid you know there's a #fediverse alternative to Amazon-owned #Goodreads? #BookWyrm is a social network for tracking your reading, writing reviews, and discovering what to read next. You can follow and interact with users on different #BookWyrm instances and on #Mastodon. You can import from a Goodreads CSV export. You can create private shelves and curated lists. Join us at https://ramblingreaders.org or choose one of the other instances available #books #reading #bookstodon @bookstodon
hush404@ramblingreaders @bookstodon I have bookwyrm a shot. Liked it ... But it's certainly behind other book databases. I spent a stupid amount of time entering details for an author I enjoy who was more or less absent from the service. Hopefully it grows to be a better collection.
@hush404 @bookstodon #BookWyrm is reliant on open databases such as OpenLibrary for books that don't exist in any of the instance databases. #BookWyrm does not have access to databases from publishers and ISBN agencies as these are closed data. By adding books you are contributing to the project and they will be there for future users
@ramblingreaders @bookstodon Yep, completely understand. It was through openlibrary that I was contributing content for use in bookwyrm. It is an important note for users looking at the service that users adding content really is key to that thriving.