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I’m dipping back into #LibraryThing for cataloguing my books and keeping tabs on what I'm reading / have read / want to read etc. I've used various sites in the past - Goodreads, StoryGraph and NeoDB but have never been completely satisfied with any of them.

I have an older account from about 15 years ago on LibraryThing which I've resurrected and into which I’m importing books from StoryGraph. The tagging and collection features of LT seem to be quite useful. It'll take a while to tweak things, no doubt, but that's part of the fun, surely…?

Anyway, here’s my profile if anyone else is on there:
https://www.librarything.com/profile/brianlavelle

#Books #Bookstodon #BookCollecting @bookstodon

I’m dipping back into #LibraryThing for cataloguing my books and keeping tabs on what I'm reading / have read / want to read etc. I've used various sites in the past - Goodreads, StoryGraph and NeoDB but have never been completely satisfied with any of them.

I have an older account from about 15 years ago on LibraryThing which I've resurrected and into which I’m importing books from StoryGraph. The tagging and collection features of LT seem to be quite useful. It'll take a while to tweak things, no doubt, but that's part of the fun, surely…?

Anyway, here’s my profile if anyone else is on there:
https://www.librarything.com/profile/brianlavelle

#Books #Bookstodon #BookCollecting @bookstodon

#LibraryThing have an anti-bot thing that shows "paintings" of authors holding animals. But surely these are all #AI generated?! Feels a bit ironic.

#LibraryThing have an anti-bot thing that shows "paintings" of authors holding animals. But surely these are all #AI generated?! Feels a bit ironic.

Weekends were made for disambiguating authors in #LibraryThing. Always strangely soothing 📚

Weekends were made for disambiguating authors in #LibraryThing. Always strangely soothing 📚

It's unusually hot in the UK, so it seemed a good time for a bit more cataloguing of my 'private' library on https://www.librarything.com/ It's free and once you get going it's quite an insight finding similar collections and recommendations.
It's good for collections by societies, book clubs, college libraries, church libraries etc. too. #genealogy #histodons #librarything @librarythingtim @librarything #books #bookstodon

It's unusually hot in the UK, so it seemed a good time for a bit more cataloguing of my 'private' library on https://www.librarything.com/ It's free and once you get going it's quite an insight finding similar collections and recommendations.
It's good for collections by societies, book clubs, college libraries, church libraries etc. too. #genealogy #histodons #librarything @librarythingtim @librarything #books #bookstodon

If you're interested in using the Fediverse's reading platform BookWyrm, you can import your existing data from Goodreads, LibraryThing, StoryGraph, OpenLibrary or Calibre. More info on how to do the import into BookWyrm in this guide:

➡️ https://fedi.tips/importing-your-data-into-bookwyrm-from-goodreads-librarything-storygraph-openlibrary-or-calibre

If you want to find out more about BookWyrm, there's a general guide to it here:

➡️ https://fedi.tips/bookwyrm-a-social-network-for-people-who-enjoy-reading

#FediTips #BookWyrm #Books #Reading #Goodreads #LibraryThing #StoryGraph #OpenLibrary #Alternatives #Fediverse

If you're interested in using the Fediverse's reading platform BookWyrm, you can import your existing data from Goodreads, LibraryThing, StoryGraph, OpenLibrary or Calibre. More info on how to do the import into BookWyrm in this guide:

➡️ https://fedi.tips/importing-your-data-into-bookwyrm-from-goodreads-librarything-storygraph-openlibrary-or-calibre

If you want to find out more about BookWyrm, there's a general guide to it here:

➡️ https://fedi.tips/bookwyrm-a-social-network-for-people-who-enjoy-reading

#FediTips #BookWyrm #Books #Reading #Goodreads #LibraryThing #StoryGraph #OpenLibrary #Alternatives #Fediverse

I spent a chunk of yesterday cataloguing my DVD collection using #Librarything. Yes, it was a #GoodFriday.

I spent a chunk of yesterday cataloguing my DVD collection using #Librarything. Yes, it was a #GoodFriday.

current books flow:
book ➡️ track on #LibraryThing

future maybe:
book ➡️ update data on #OpenLibrary ➡️ import book OL data into #BookWyrm ➡️ track on BookWyrm

why:
- simpler tracking site with less features seems less stressful. read more, online less (BW)
- supports open source projects (BW, OL)
- public data helps everyone (OL)

why I haven't switched yet:
- love LibraryThing's features: full edition control, stats, recs, data, etc.

plan: try the new flow for a while, then decide... :bunthink:

current books flow:
book ➡️ track on #LibraryThing

future maybe:
book ➡️ update data on #OpenLibrary ➡️ import book OL data into #BookWyrm ➡️ track on BookWyrm

why:
- simpler tracking site with less features seems less stressful. read more, online less (BW)
- supports open source projects (BW, OL)
- public data helps everyone (OL)

why I haven't switched yet:
- love LibraryThing's features: full edition control, stats, recs, data, etc.

plan: try the new flow for a while, then decide... :bunthink:

Je découvre que #LibraryThing dispose d'une section consacrée aux bibliothèques patrimoniales de diverses célébrités et/ou lieux importants. Par exemple, 55 ouvrages pour une dame des temps jadis, 226 livres pour Amy Winehouse...

Y a-t-il ici des gens qui utilisent ces partages de connaissances, qui en ont testé la fiabilité?

Today your friendly neighborhood rodent imported all of the #SROP books into #LibraryThing, just for fun. It worked. The part that didn't work was covers. Oh, well, nobody judges a book by its lurid cover, right?
#books #bookstodon #ebooks

Today your friendly neighborhood rodent imported all of the #SROP books into #LibraryThing, just for fun. It worked. The part that didn't work was covers. Oh, well, nobody judges a book by its lurid cover, right?
#books #bookstodon #ebooks

After much lollygagging, foot-dragging, some dawdling, a touch of dillydallying, and a bit of shilly-shallying, I've migrated my reading library & tracking over to #LibraryThing. So far, so good.
New Year's resolution acheived. 🎉

Goodbye & good riddance #GoodReads!

Just in time for a little nostalgic binge of Niven's Ringworld books as a respite from the world. I haven't done much, if any, review writing. Maybe that will change after escaping that horrendous UI.

https://www.librarything.com/profile/kevinbowen

#Reading

After much lollygagging, foot-dragging, some dawdling, a touch of dillydallying, and a bit of shilly-shallying, I've migrated my reading library & tracking over to #LibraryThing. So far, so good.
New Year's resolution acheived. 🎉

Goodbye & good riddance #GoodReads!

Just in time for a little nostalgic binge of Niven's Ringworld books as a respite from the world. I haven't done much, if any, review writing. Maybe that will change after escaping that horrendous UI.

https://www.librarything.com/profile/kevinbowen

#Reading

RE: https://mastodon.social/@timefliesaway/115883231541467428

grad auf neue rezi-seiten gestoßen:
- https://www.librarything.com/more kannte deren MDS Wiki schon, aber wusste nicht dass sie auch ne rezi-seite sind. Hat sehr viele Ähnlichkeiten mit GR vom UI
- https://www.litsy.com/web/feed/ mix aus #bookwyrm und #facebook

#diday #alternative #buchrezensionen #buchplattform #librarything #goodreads #litsy

RE: https://mastodon.social/@timefliesaway/115883231541467428

grad auf neue rezi-seiten gestoßen:
- https://www.librarything.com/more kannte deren MDS Wiki schon, aber wusste nicht dass sie auch ne rezi-seite sind. Hat sehr viele Ähnlichkeiten mit GR vom UI
- https://www.litsy.com/web/feed/ mix aus #bookwyrm und #facebook

#diday #alternative #buchrezensionen #buchplattform #librarything #goodreads #litsy

Today I scanned about 100 books into my #librarything library.

This app and website kinda suck, and I'm told it's the best option out there for tracking a physical library? Really??

#books #bookstodon #library #reading

Today I scanned about 100 books into my #librarything library.

This app and website kinda suck, and I'm told it's the best option out there for tracking a physical library? Really??

#books #bookstodon #library #reading

Really surprised that #LibraryThing isn’t on the Fediverse (they’re on Bluesky but the account isn’t bridged), given things like the #bookstodon tag. 📚🤔

Really surprised that #LibraryThing isn’t on the Fediverse (they’re on Bluesky but the account isn’t bridged), given things like the #bookstodon tag. 📚🤔

Want to win an early review copy of my upcoming novel Moonbase Armstrong? This is your chance:

https://www.librarything.com/ner/detail/55495/Moonbase-Armstrong

#books #librarything #sf #sciencefiction #NASA #moon #artemis

Want to win an early review copy of my upcoming novel Moonbase Armstrong? This is your chance:

https://www.librarything.com/ner/detail/55495/Moonbase-Armstrong

#books #librarything #sf #sciencefiction #NASA #moon #artemis

I created an account at #Storygraph this morning, but then I remembered... I've had an account at #LibraryThing for years! Why don't I just stay there? Duh.

@pinwell

Thanks for the recommendation! I hadn't heard of StoryGraph before.
I guess it's a good start to allow me to do a compare & contrast with #LibraryThing before I make a new commitment.
I appreciate it.

#Reading

@pinwell

Thanks for the recommendation! I hadn't heard of StoryGraph before.
I guess it's a good start to allow me to do a compare & contrast with #LibraryThing before I make a new commitment.
I appreciate it.

#Reading

#GoodReads was considerate enough to inform me that I have not succeeded in completing my reading goals for 2025 (No shit. Not a great year for sustained focus...:-/)

This also reminds me that I need to get the fuck off of Goodreads(Amazon) and stop using it. It's been crap for years and will, most likely, continue to be so.
About 2(?) years ago I exported all my lists over to #LibraryThing (?); but, I never managed to start using it.

Getting off Goodreads seems to be a good little resolution to complete for my New Year.

I don't really consider my reading much of a social activity; but, I do like having a public database of books, and creating some #ReadingLists is useful, to me. Also, the incremental tracking important, since I'm usually in the middle of about 6+ books at a time.

Are there any other applications I might consider besides LibraryThing? Suggestions?

#Reading #Literature #NewYearsResolution #NotetoSelf

#GoodReads was considerate enough to inform me that I have not succeeded in completing my reading goals for 2025 (No shit. Not a great year for sustained focus...:-/)

This also reminds me that I need to get the fuck off of Goodreads(Amazon) and stop using it. It's been crap for years and will, most likely, continue to be so.
About 2(?) years ago I exported all my lists over to #LibraryThing (?); but, I never managed to start using it.

Getting off Goodreads seems to be a good little resolution to complete for my New Year.

I don't really consider my reading much of a social activity; but, I do like having a public database of books, and creating some #ReadingLists is useful, to me. Also, the incremental tracking important, since I'm usually in the middle of about 6+ books at a time.

Are there any other applications I might consider besides LibraryThing? Suggestions?

#Reading #Literature #NewYearsResolution #NotetoSelf

I bought a CueCat from LibraryThing when they first got them. It was so useful to me when cataloging my book and graphic novels library.

Their holiday store has them on sale for $5 for the holidays.

Now you can use a mobile phone, but back then it wasn't an option.

But you get a neat little plastic cat sculpture with a USB tail and flashing red mouth with a CueCat.

Useful for Bookwyrm.

https://www.librarything.com/more/store

#CueCat #LibraryThing #catalog #cataloging #Library #Libraries #z_lib #Bookwyrm

I bought a CueCat from LibraryThing when they first got them. It was so useful to me when cataloging my book and graphic novels library.

Their holiday store has them on sale for $5 for the holidays.

Now you can use a mobile phone, but back then it wasn't an option.

But you get a neat little plastic cat sculpture with a USB tail and flashing red mouth with a CueCat.

Useful for Bookwyrm.

https://www.librarything.com/more/store

#CueCat #LibraryThing #catalog #cataloging #Library #Libraries #z_lib #Bookwyrm

@melonbusey
This is probably more effort than you're looking for but, for the past 20 years, I've been recording my reading on #LibraryThing . One collection I maintain there is my Wishlist and each time I add a work to the Wishlist I try to tag it with why I'm interested in reading it. A recent tag I've been using a lot is 'bookstodon-inspired'. 🙂

@melonbusey
This is probably more effort than you're looking for but, for the past 20 years, I've been recording my reading on #LibraryThing . One collection I maintain there is my Wishlist and each time I add a work to the Wishlist I try to tag it with why I'm interested in reading it. A recent tag I've been using a lot is 'bookstodon-inspired'. 🙂

Ich habe seit gefühlt Jahren nichts mehr bei #amazon gekauft, nutze aber immer noch die Wunschliste für Bücher, die ich gerne lesen würde. Auch dieser würde ich nun gerne den Rücken kehren. Kennt ihr vielleicht eine gute Alternative, um schnell alle Wunschbücher zu verwalten und die Liste auch an ausgesuchte Leute zu senden? #LibraryThing ist so lala.

#Lesen #Buch #Bücher #Wunschliste #Liste

I’m a long time user of #librarything but I’m missing some features:

- A complete and real open source model
- Handling duplicate properly (it’s the major feature missing in LT)
- A better integration with the #fediverse and tracking reviews of book

On the other hand, #librarything is great with

- Book scanning and easy import
- Minimal UI interface
- Simple mobile app

Did I miss any new open source book management system?

#books #bookmanagement

I’m a long time user of #librarything but I’m missing some features:

- A complete and real open source model
- Handling duplicate properly (it’s the major feature missing in LT)
- A better integration with the #fediverse and tracking reviews of book

On the other hand, #librarything is great with

- Book scanning and easy import
- Minimal UI interface
- Simple mobile app

Did I miss any new open source book management system?

#books #bookmanagement

‘The End of the World’ review: Stephen King’s world explored | AP News

By  ROB MERRILL Updated 6:29 AM PDT, August 18, 2025

Stephen King’s “The Stand,” originally published in 1978, is beloved by his “Constant Readers,” but has never really made a leap off the page. Two TV miniseries in 1994 and 2020 both flopped, but while fans wait to see what happens with a movie adaptation in development, they can turn instead to “The End of the World As We Know It,” a collection of 34 short stories set in the world King created.

King himself blessed the project (he wrote the introduction) and the nearly 800-page collection was edited by Christopher Golden and Brian Keene, both accomplished writers of fantasy and horror books, comics and graphic novels. The stories are written by a few authors you might recognize (Richard Chizmar, Joe R. Lansdale, Caroline Kepnes, Meg Gardiner) and many you won’t. What they all have in common is a true affection for the world of “The Stand.” All are set either during or after the events of King’s novel, which tells an epic story of good vs. evil following a super-flu that kills more than 99% of people on earth.

There’s one featuring astronauts aboard a stranded Space Shuttle, suddenly without a Mission Control to guide them home. There’s another told from the point of view of an African Painted Dog, no longer contained in his zoo enclosure and bewildered by the smell of rotten human meat everywhere. They’re not all absurd, though. There’s real heart in a lot of them, like “Came the Last Night of Sadness” by Catherynne M. Valente, which introduces readers to Fern Ramsey, a teenager born after the events of “The Stand,” who has learned “You can do fine as long as you know how to read and have a knife, a map, a fishing pole and a bicycle — as long as you know how to fix the last two.” A great many reference either Mother Abagail or Randall Flagg, the two characters representing good and evil in “The Stand.”

Editor’s Note: Below is a video of the opening scene of “Independence Day,” where the soundtrack plays the R.E.M. song. Enjoy! The book looks good; I signed up for a copy from my local library.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krGUmSN82UE

Below is an image of my entry for “The Stand” in my LibraryThing book catalog. See more at https://www.librarything.com/catalog/drweb

Continue/Read Original Article Here: ‘The End of the World’ review: Stephen King’s world explored | AP News

#2025 #America #Books #Film #Films #IndependenceDayMovie #Libraries #Library #LibraryOfCongress #LibraryThing #Movies #REM_ #Reading #ScienceFiction #TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt #Writing #YouTube

‘The End of the World’ review: Stephen King’s world explored | AP News

By  ROB MERRILL Updated 6:29 AM PDT, August 18, 2025

Stephen King’s “The Stand,” originally published in 1978, is beloved by his “Constant Readers,” but has never really made a leap off the page. Two TV miniseries in 1994 and 2020 both flopped, but while fans wait to see what happens with a movie adaptation in development, they can turn instead to “The End of the World As We Know It,” a collection of 34 short stories set in the world King created.

King himself blessed the project (he wrote the introduction) and the nearly 800-page collection was edited by Christopher Golden and Brian Keene, both accomplished writers of fantasy and horror books, comics and graphic novels. The stories are written by a few authors you might recognize (Richard Chizmar, Joe R. Lansdale, Caroline Kepnes, Meg Gardiner) and many you won’t. What they all have in common is a true affection for the world of “The Stand.” All are set either during or after the events of King’s novel, which tells an epic story of good vs. evil following a super-flu that kills more than 99% of people on earth.

There’s one featuring astronauts aboard a stranded Space Shuttle, suddenly without a Mission Control to guide them home. There’s another told from the point of view of an African Painted Dog, no longer contained in his zoo enclosure and bewildered by the smell of rotten human meat everywhere. They’re not all absurd, though. There’s real heart in a lot of them, like “Came the Last Night of Sadness” by Catherynne M. Valente, which introduces readers to Fern Ramsey, a teenager born after the events of “The Stand,” who has learned “You can do fine as long as you know how to read and have a knife, a map, a fishing pole and a bicycle — as long as you know how to fix the last two.” A great many reference either Mother Abagail or Randall Flagg, the two characters representing good and evil in “The Stand.”

Editor’s Note: Below is a video of the opening scene of “Independence Day,” where the soundtrack plays the R.E.M. song. Enjoy! The book looks good; I signed up for a copy from my local library.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krGUmSN82UE

Below is an image of my entry for “The Stand” in my LibraryThing book catalog. See more at https://www.librarything.com/catalog/drweb

Continue/Read Original Article Here: ‘The End of the World’ review: Stephen King’s world explored | AP News

#2025 #America #Books #Film #Films #IndependenceDayMovie #Libraries #Library #LibraryOfCongress #LibraryThing #Movies #REM_ #Reading #ScienceFiction #TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt #Writing #YouTube

Hmm, looks like Library Thing is having some trouble exporting at the moment. Fingers crossed that this cataloging service is back to its usual awesomeness soon. #LibraryThing #TinyCat