In the long list of wildly popular social networking websites, LibraryThing is an odd man out. While it has over 400,000 members since its creation, its popularity and publicity is not even close to the bigger name social networking sites. Thats mostly because LibraryThing isn't just your standard social networking site. Rather, it is hybrid virtual bookshelf for its members. Once you sign up for the site, an incredibly easy and quick process, you can immediately begin adding books to your online library from over 200 different libraries around the world, meaning if you have a book in your personal collection, no matter how obscure, you will almost definitely find it.
LibraryThing is not just a place to categorize your library however, it truly is a social website. LibraryThing allows you to see who has similar books to you, and allows you to create your own groups, from topics to mystery novels to groups for members of other websites. Members also can tag and review their books, helping you find out what others think of a book you are interested in or to find the book most of the members believe classifies as a mystery novel. All this adds together to create an atmosphere of sharing and encouragement for a passion about reading, something that seems to be a dying idea. Fortunately, the website is free for most users, with fees ($10 a year or $25 for lifetime membership) only kick in if you want to post over 200 books, an impressive number for your average person. Overall, LibraryThing promises to be around for a long time. Its commitment to excellence and its ever expanding database of books, English and otherwise, will help guarantee it will be the place to be for book lovers.
LibraryThing is not just a place to categorize your library however, it truly is a social website. LibraryThing allows you to see who has similar books to you, and allows you to create your own groups, from topics to mystery novels to groups for members of other websites. Members also can tag and review their books, helping you find out what others think of a book you are interested in or to find the book most of the members believe classifies as a mystery novel. All this adds together to create an atmosphere of sharing and encouragement for a passion about reading, something that seems to be a dying idea. Fortunately, the website is free for most users, with fees ($10 a year or $25 for lifetime membership) only kick in if you want to post over 200 books, an impressive number for your average person. Overall, LibraryThing promises to be around for a long time. Its commitment to excellence and its ever expanding database of books, English and otherwise, will help guarantee it will be the place to be for book lovers.
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