LibraryThing.com

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LibraryThing.com by LibraryThing.com

Enter what you're reading or your whole library—it's an easy, library-quality catalog. LibraryThing also connects you with people who read the same things.

Topic: Organizing Product Type: website
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Posted on January 24, 2009 9:36 PM PST
5
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Recommends this product or service? Yes.
Books-A-Million x 100.
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Recently, I've been helping some friends do some research papers. I resorted to this site to get resources, and it was every researchers dream. I had everything I needed for twenty-five different research right here, in this very informal site. This book is only great for studiers, but it's great for people who enjoy reading. It has every book you could possibly think of, and I believe anyone would love it. I'm not much of a book reader, but I'd recommend this book to everyone. Great for college students who don't have time to run to the library in their school for resources.

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Posted on January 24, 2009 6:53 PM PST
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If you're blind maybe
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I actually checked out this website on a whim. While it is a great website, and you can't fault the organization, it's just not a wonderful site. It's very ugly, to be honest, it's just not at all enticing for someone to want to stick around and spend a ton of time cataloging books. If you're looking for something that loads quick, maybe if you use dial-up, this is a great option. But if you're looking for a website that really pulls you in, with both beautiful graphics, and ease of use, you might want to keep looking.

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Posted on December 1, 2008 1:42 PM PST
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Price Paid: $19.00
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For Bibliophiles
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Library Thing is a fantastic site for book lovers. Here you can catalog your physical collection of books, tag them, review them, organize them, and do pretty much anything you want with them. You can also catalog books you've read but don't own, books you want to read, there's really no limit to what you can do.

My only complaint is that the site is ugly as sin. If another site comes along that does what this site does, and looks better, I'd switch in a heartbeat. It's that ugly.

I don't usually pay for websites, but in this case I made an exception. You can enter up to 200 books for free, but if you want to catalog more than that you'll need to buy a lifetime subscription. This is incredibly cheap, and it's lifetime. You can even haggle! The going rate is $25, but there's an option to pay less, which I did. Of course, there are other sites that don't have a limit and are free. This will come down to personal choice.