Library Thing
I recently came across a service to keep track of your books. I found the site really easy to use. In my opinion, a tool is great if it gets out of your way. They’ve made good use of AJAX to update search results — I really like that. Amazon should implement something like that.
I haven’t explored the “social” aspects of the site yet (so much for my social skills.) From the looks of it, I can look up what other people with similar interests as mine read.
I often look up books from the SFU library at home. I then have to write down the call number and take it with me to campus. Now, with this service, I can add it to my LibraryThing account and problem solved. Internet access is almost universally available on campus.
Another point of interest is that abebooks has a 40% stake in the company. I’ve been using abebooks for many years now to order cheap books, sometimes only 20% the cost of a new North American edition.
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