A world of books

I did it again… started another Fediverse service, this time a Bookwyrm instance.

I used Goodreads, but if there’s a Federated alternative, why not use that… So I setup a server and opened registrations.

Enjoy, and please let me know if you find anything that can be improved or changed.

  • 👁️👄👁️@lemm.eeEnglish
    333·
    9 months ago

    this is pretty cool, but I never understood the appeal of “hey guys im reading this book”

    I just subject that to the first person I talk to at work instead lol

    • Schattenspringer@lemmy.worldEnglish
      42·
      9 months ago

      this is pretty cool, but I never understood the appeal of “hey guys im reading this book”

      It’s more like:

      You: Hey guys im reading this book

      Random Guy: Hey! I’m currently reading this book as well!

      You: Cool! Let me check out what else you like!

      And that’s how you find your book people and with them a stack of unread but cool books you need to work through.

        • pageflight@lemmy.worldEnglish
          7·
          9 months ago

          Martha Wells. Finished the Murderbot series, wrapping up the Raksura. All very much of the same cloth, but I enjoy it.

          Also recently discovered Naomi Novik’s Scholomance trilogy, I had only read her Temeraire books before.

    • Ludrol@szmer.infoEnglish
      20·
      9 months ago

      I just use services like that for reviews and tracking what I have already read.

    • bob_wiley@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      9 months ago

      I like the idea of tracking what I’ve read, but don’t really need/want it to be a social site. I want something like Bookwyrm of Goodreads that’s just for me. I could use a spreadsheet or Notes/Obsidian/whatever, but having something that can lookup books and lookup metadata would make it much nicer.

    • mosscap@slrpnk.netEnglish
      1·
      9 months ago

      I use it pretty heavily for tracking books that I want to read in the future. I follow multiple people who share similar tastes to me, and so I’m able to find a lot of really awesome books just by seeing what they’re reading.

    • ikidd@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      9 months ago

      I read several books a month. It’s never occurred to me to mention what book I’m reading to anyone, ever.

  • Nix@merv.newsEnglish
    51·
    9 months ago

    Thats awesome, I hope someone makes the feature to allow manga

  • DharkStare@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    9 months ago

    I just created an account there and when it came time to add books, a whole bunch of books I read didn’t even show up. I’ll have to look more into it when I have more time.