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2008.03.17

Biblionetworking Review

Book Patrol has posted a review of some of the latest developments in LibraryThing, Shelfari, and Goodreads. He also gives a general characterization of each site, which, in a nutshell, is that LibraryThing is reader-centered, Shelfari is publisher-centered, and Goodreads is author-centered. Do you agree?

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I don't know much about GoodReads but I agree with his assessment of LT and Shelfari. Shelfari seems to be in it for the money more than anything else. (Restricting its database to the American Amazon website was a huge mistake.) The community members are great, though, so I still hang around.

Posted by: Imani | 2008.03.18 at 18:21

One of the speakers at our Annual Conference a few weeks ago praised the interface of GoodReads, saying it was far superior to anyone else's in the book social networking space. It's not a particularly compelling site for me, however. I really do prefer LibraryThing.

Posted by: Jill | 2008.03.19 at 18:21

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