Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Online Book Shelf

Want to organize cluttered book shelves? Try doing it online. There are several free sites you can use to create your own "virtual" book shelf, along with finding new books and connecting with other bookworms.

Here are a few I've heard of, including a brief description from their web sites. Click on their titles to visit them.

  • bookjetty: "It's like Facebook, for book lovers."
  • shelfari (by amazon.com): "A community-powered encyclopedia for book lovers."
  • aNobii: "Where people find and share books."
  • goodreads: "Meet your next favorite book."
  • LibraryThing: "A home for your books."
Check them out! Try the book clubs, read the recommendations, share your favorites... and let me know which sites you enjoy.


Laura
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  1. Linda KoonsDecember 15, 2011 at 9:39 AM

    I've been using LibraryThing for six years. I never let a day pass without visiting. It's much more than "a home for your books". It's a place to meet other readers and share thoughts about books. They have an Early Reviewers program where participants can receive advance copies of upcoming books in exchange for promising to review them on the site. They host author chats, group reads, live meet-ups. It's a database, a social networking site, a place to keep track of your own reading...just a great site. I am user laytonwoman3rd if anyone cares to check out my library there as an example of how it works.

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