LibraryThing
March 4, 2006
After writing the post about RSS, Libraries and Good Reading Lists, I was starting to wonder what kind of technology might exist out there to allow me to have my own reading list feed on my own blog. Then last night, I just learned of a personal book collection cataloging site called LibraryThing. It allows you to tag your books, like you can tag your Del.icio.us bookmarks. You can share your catalog or keep it private. You can even make a blog widget that displays your reading list and book reviews on your own blog. Last night, I started adding my books. I’ve added 89 so far. What a good idea. It does for books what Del.icio.us does for websites. I’m also impressed by the one-step sign-up/sign-in feature. That’s the very first time that I can recall that I’ve signed up for any online service or community membership so easily.
(This is the LibraryThing guy. I saw this on Technorati.)
Hey thanks. I’m particularly pleased you liked the sign up. I hope it catches on. I hate long sign-ups that draw you deeper and deeper in, asking more and more intrusive questions and knowing you’ll answer because you’ve already sunk the time. When you finish you’re positively *annoyed* at the site. I don’t want my visitors’ first emotion to be annoyance!
I presume you saw the RSS feeds, which vary in their “stability.” If you can think of others I should add, let me know.
Thanks,
Tim
Thanks. It’ll probably take me a while to add all my books and get a feel for the RSS widget, but I’ll definitely give you feedback, once I have enough experience to give it intelligently.