Both fediverse softwares that support user reviews for books, both have RSS support natively (no Piefed/Misskey bridge needed), and some comments also seem discontent with Amazon’s mismanagement overall.
Are all the people here recommending Bookwyrm and NeoDB actually using them?
I just spent a solid chunk of time importing and correcting various accounts to NeoDB and Bookwyrm and they are both petty frustrating to use, especially with how much content is missing, mislabeled, or duplicated. Plus, they don’t seem to federate with each other (understandable, in so far as very few parts of the Fediverse actually federate well together [unlike, perhaps, Mastodon and mbin]) or even support exporting/importing data from each other.
Can’t tell for others, but I try to use NeoDB (@Auster@eggplant.place) whenever I remember to. Just don’t use it more because I’m pretty busy.
Skimming through it, it doesn’t seem to be as accessible for reviews though.
Hardcover seems decent enough.
Probably a good idea indeed!
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I don’t think the mods there are going to let you.
Yet mentions of Hardcover survived
If people are asking, it’s worth the 12 seconds it takes to post a link to a BW instance. They should just make sure it’s to a general instance, and not to a server selection page.
Hadn’t seem. RIP.
Well, made a post elsewhere. Don’t think anyone follows me there, but hopefully serves at least as a bump.
Maybe try Storygraph
NeoDB FTW
Theres an effort to get CrossPoint and BookWyrm to work together. The more interop will make people want to use both.
BookWyrm has an issue where its REST API isnt all that well documented. Theres some work being done (and it is just Django) but theres some huge holes in the current software.
I use bookwyrm all the time, its great.
@Auster@thebrainbin.org Bookwyrm and NeoDB are both awesome alternatives to GoodReads, with NeoDB offering far more than just books.
The only downside is that Kindle directly integrates with GoodReads, I'm not sure there's been any independent efforts to integrate alternatives into e-readers.
I don’t think Bookwyrm has an API, so it’s impossible to integrate it into anything.
Not Kindle, but StoryGraph now has a Kobo Account integration
I’ll check these out too, thanks.
