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Celaeno
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I'm on both goodreads and librarything, but I don't think I have the attention span to keep up with either. I really liked them both for a day or two, but entering in all of my books is such a massive task to undertake that I can't ever really get going.
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Lisa
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My goodreads URL is http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/321516 for them that's interested.
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BlackBlade
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Crap! Crap! Crap! Just a heads up I accidentally sent two email invites to a few of you to add me to your good reads friends list. Be warned!

I'll sit down and list my library soon.

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theCrowsWife
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Strider and Lisa, I sent you both friend requests, under the name "Mel Cameron".

--Mel

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rivka
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quote:
Originally posted by BlackBlade:
Crap! Crap! Crap! Just a heads up I accidentally sent two email invites to a few of you to add me to your good reads friends list. Be warned!

None to me? *sniffle*

That's ok. I sent one to you.

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Liz B
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I just sent a bunch of friend requests to people on this thread.

I really like goodreads--I like seeing what other people are reading.

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Leonide
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It's like book stalking!
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Chris Bridges
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I'm currently working -- meaning "I do another shelf every week or so, when I think about it" -- on getting my books into LibraryThing since I can use a CueCat to speed things along. When I'm close enough to finished I plan to export the list and import the whole thing into GoodReads, so expect a sudden influx of cabridges activity one of these months...
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BlackBlade
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quote:
Originally posted by rivka:
quote:
Originally posted by BlackBlade:
Crap! Crap! Crap! Just a heads up I accidentally sent two email invites to a few of you to add me to your good reads friends list. Be warned!

None to me? *sniffle*

That's ok. I sent one to you.

Well I only sent them out to people I've emailed through the forums. I've just yet to use that particular medium of communication when it comes to you Rivka. Thanks for the invite.
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rivka
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You're welcome. You know you need to respond to it, right? [Wink]
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BlackBlade
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quote:
Originally posted by rivka:
You're welcome. You know you need to respond to it, right? [Wink]

*snaps* Just kidding. I don't generally access my email from work, too many prying eyes and technically I'm allowed to but all the supervisors/managers get angry if I do. I hate job nuances like that.
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rivka
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Gotcha. [Smile]
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pooka
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My sister just stumbled onto Library Thing yesterday, and I guess up to 200 books is free, more than that is $10 for unlimited/1 year, $25 unlimited forever.

Does Goodreads have a similar cost/benefit structure? I'm interested in the facebook connectivity. I'm just not sure if I'm ready for facebook yet.

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Goodreads is free.

--Mel

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pooka
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I think Goodreads loses out for not giving me more information about itself in the investigative process. But maybe Library thing is no better. Let me look.

I see the 200 book limit as potentially beneficial. But I have a pretty different relationship to the whole publishing industry from a lot of people posting on this thread.

Library thing (which has a very nice tour, by the way) has a blog widget. Since I am mainly a blog user and having gotten really into networking sites, I think that's the direction I'll go. And I guess I'll find out how quick I run through 200 books and whether I want more.

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Chris Bridges
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The other thing holding me up? After I input a ton of books into LibraryThing, I get obsessive about getting all the covers right. This... takes a while...
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Strider
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i mostly didn't have a problem with covers in LibraryThing, except for where I didn't have an ISBN number. There were some other exceptions, but most of them had been uploaded by users already so it went quickly.
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Chris Bridges
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I seem to have obscure editions, then.
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Strider
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and you have a lot more books. So even if it's the same percentage of missing covers, it'll take you x times the amount of time it took me anyway. [Smile]
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pooka
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How do you switch covers, besides deleting and re-entering?
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Chris Bridges
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Click on the cover -- or the empty spot where a cover goes - and select Change Cover. You'll be taken to the book page where you can either select one of the provided covers from Amazon (which will change your chosen ISBN number to that of the one you picked) or one of the user-provided covers. If neither is available, you can upload your own.

So far I've been able to Google for most of the missing ones.

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quote:
Originally posted by pooka:
Library thing (which has a very nice tour, by the way) has a blog widget.

So does GoodReads. It also has the change-covers option.

And as of this weekend, it has batch-sorting.

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