Jun 11 2008
How to get your read on
I’m sure most avid readers know about these websites already, but I thought I’d let those of you who don’t know into the secret.
Show off!
If you want to tell the world what you’re reading, Goodreads and Librarything are the sites for you. Both are similar, and allow you to make lists of recently read books, writing reviews, and keeping track of what your friends are reading as well. I personally just joined them not too long ago, so I’m not very experienced with them, but they seem fun. Both sites generate code that you can place on your blog to let your friends know what you’re reading. Take a look:
Sue’s read book montage
Please join me and be my “friend”!
my ‘read’ shelf:
Get books, find homes for books you don’t want.
Do you have books you’ve read and don’t want anymore? Have you tried to sell them only to find they’re not worth much? How about trading them for other used books you haven’t read and want to read? Bookmooch and Paperbackswap are the sites for you. Post a list of books you have that you don’t want anymore, someone requests it and you send it to them. Receive points, and redeem them for books. Both these programs are free, you just pay to ship out books. It’s acceptable with both these programs to ship via media mail or other inexpensive shipping method, you post in your profile that you will only ship to your home country, and you have the option of turning a request down if you find you can’t send a book. I personally prefer Bookmooch because the offer more ways to earn points. You get 1/10 of a point just for listing a book. You also get points for writing reviews about books you’ve read. This means that you could potentially receive more books through this program than you send.
Keep track of the books that leave your hands.
Bookcrossing is like Where’s George for books. Register your books with the site, each book is assigned a unique id number. Once you give away your book, the people who receive it have the option of going to the site and letting your know where the book is and telling you what they think of it. It’s a great way of connecting with other readers with similar interests.
I hope these sites sound interesting to you, and that if you haven’t joined them yet you will.
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I never heard of Bookmooch! My mom has been trying to get rid of all these old fiction books she has and no one wants them. So I am definitely going to tell her about Bookmooch! That is so cool! I am going to have to put a few of my books up there too!