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BookWyrm is the Fediverse's answer to Amazon's GoodReads.

BookWyrm helps you keep track of what you're reading, discover new books and publish reviews of books you've read.

You can follow them at @bookwyrm and find out more at:

joinbookwyrm.com

There's a list of servers to join at:

joinbookwyrm.com/instances

There's a built-in book catalogue powered by Wikidata in collaboration with @inventaire

BookWyrm is part of the Fediverse and accounts on BookWyrm servers can be followed by people from Mastodon etc, for example @mouse is the BookWyrm founder's account.

Anyone (except corporations) can start their own BookWyrm server by installing the software, and there's a managed hosting service for people who join the top tier on Patreon (patreon.com/posts/64768354).

#BookWyrm #Fediverse #Books #Book #Reading #Literature #GoodReads #Alternatives

Join Bookwyrm

BookWyrm is a decentralized social network for tracking your reading, talking about books, writing reviews, and discovering what to read next.
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If your account still exists, you can import your GoodReads data into BookWyrm:

mstdn.social/@feditips/1086808…


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BookWyrm is a federated open social reading platform, and is the Fediverse's alternative to Amazon's GoodReads. There's more info about BookWyrm at https://joinbookwyrm.com and there's a list of servers you can join at https://joinbookwyrm.
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@mouse how does this compare to something like openlibrary.org?
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The features are more like GoodReads, and this is just for discussing books rather than borrowing/downloading them.

Also, last but not least, BookWyrm is part of the Fediverse so you can follow BookWyrm accounts from Mastodon etc. OpenLibrary isn't part of the Fedi at all.

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By the way, you can import your data from OpenLibrary to BookWyrm:

mstdn.social/@feditips/1086808…


FediTips (@feditips@mstdn.social)

BookWyrm is a federated open social reading platform, and is the Fediverse's alternative to Amazon's GoodReads. There's more info about BookWyrm at https://joinbookwyrm.com and there's a list of servers you can join at https://joinbookwyrm.
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@mouse Looks interesting. I also like the idea that they offer to handle the technical stuff when it comes to hosting for those who want to use their software upon a custom domain. patreon.com/posts/64768354#no_…

I think the latter is something the Fediverse should consider as not everyone has the time to maintain a server.

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Yes, managed hosting is brilliant!

I have a website all about making your own Fedi servers through managed hosting:

growyourown.services/grow-your…


Grow your own social network | Grow Your Own Services

Helping non-technical people create their own online services
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Darnell Clayton
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@mouse You should add fedi.monster/ to the list as they host Mastodon & Pixelfed instances (latter includes mine). So far they were the only ones who could get Pixelfed to Federate.

Fedi Monster

Fedi.monster, simple and reliable Mastodon instance hosting
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@mouse In my honest opinion I only see Mastodon as a potential mainstream service.

Pixelfed is up there too (they just need official iOS/Android apps) but the rest I do not see much appeal towards (at least for the general population).

I like Write Freely but it’s too spartan feature wise for me.

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woo,made an account and imported my GoodReads data! Loving the mobile interface so far.

So what #BookWyrmTips and other advice do ya'll have? Is anyone talking about Reading Groups or anything with hashtags or a.gup.py groups?

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anniemo71
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Can bookwyrm input my books, bought on Amazon, from my Kindle
app? 🤔
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Hmm... I don't know.

You can import data into BookWyrm from GoodReads, LibraryThing, StoryGraph, OpenLibrary and Calibre. It works by exporting a CSV file from these services, and then importing the same file into BookWyrm.

If there's a CSV file export function on Kindle, maybe you could try importing that?

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By the way, Amazon owns Goodreads so maybe there is some way to export your Kindle purchases to Goodreads? If so, you can then move them to BookWyrm from there.
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@mouse
This is amazing! Finally an open source answer after 10 years of Amazon buying out Goodreads. I had previously been using Tellico to track books read and thoughts.

@bookwyrm should seek donation pathways outside of Patreon like Open Collective or @Liberapay . FOSS and security enthusiasts will be unlikely to donate on a platform that laid off their entire internal security team. cyberscoop.com/patreon-securit…


Patreon security team layoffs cause backlash in creator community - CyberScoop

A former Patreon employee told CyberScoop that after the layoffs "there are no qualified security personnel" at the company.
Tonya Riley (CyberScoop)
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It's worth noting that, since bookwyrm's license forbids use by "individuals and organizations that operate by capitalist principles", it's technically neither Free nor Open Source software. As far as I know, both FSF and OSI explicitly require "no discrimination against persons or groups" for their approved licenses and bookwyrm's license doesn't seem to respect this.
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@mouse wait what do you mean anyone except corporations? I like the idea in principle, but how do they expect to enforce that? If it's in their license, how do they define what counts as a corporation and therefore can't run a bookwyrm server?
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Diese Seite
bookwyrm.social/book/216801/s/…
habe ich gefunden.
Wenn ich kommentieren will, kommt ein Fenster zur Anmeldung. Registriert habe ich mich, aber ich habe bisher keinen Bestätigungslink bekommen. Woram kann das liegen?
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can I extend my Mastodon account to a BookWyrm instance? Or do I need to set up a separate account over there?

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