This looks good, and I really like the clean look of the app.
I ditched Goodreads about a year ago and am currently using StoryGraph, but I'm interested in a truly FOSS app with no account necessary. It looks as though the .csv export from StoryGraph has different parameters than Openreads and Goodreads, and would need a bit of tinkering to allow the import into Openreads. I see that Openreads explicity allows Goodreads and Bookwyrm import but not StoryGraph.
Does anyone have a review or thoughts on all these different trackers? I started switching to StoryGraph but new ones keep popping up and I don't want to have to try them all.
(StoryGraph, bookwyrm, hardcover, open reads, library thing, others)
So, I get why people are recommending alternative ways of getting books (Amazon is in the title), but this post is about GoodReads, which is book tracker, not a book store.
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SpicyColdFartChamber@lemm.ee · 15 pts · 1y
I want to recommend Openreads app as well. FOSS.
https://github.com/mateusz-bak/openreads
b72@lemmy.ml · 7 pts · 1y
This looks good, and I really like the clean look of the app.
I ditched Goodreads about a year ago and am currently using StoryGraph, but I'm interested in a truly FOSS app with no account necessary. It looks as though the .csv export from StoryGraph has different parameters than Openreads and Goodreads, and would need a bit of tinkering to allow the import into Openreads. I see that Openreads explicity allows Goodreads and Bookwyrm import but not StoryGraph.
Karl@programming.dev · 13 pts · 1y
I don't even know why people use goodreads when the storygraph is so much better.
some_random_nick@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y
I use goodreads to read reviews since they are plenty and longer. But I give ratings and track my progress only on StoryGraph.
tja@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 1y
I heard the social aspect of the storygraph is not very well built out. And maybe not even wanted by the builders?
Karl@programming.dev · 8 pts · 1y
You're probably right. I don't use these apps for anything other than tracking my own reading. So I haven't compared the social aspect.
Rozz@lemmy.sdf.org · 6 pts · 1y
Does anyone have a review or thoughts on all these different trackers? I started switching to StoryGraph but new ones keep popping up and I don't want to have to try them all.
(StoryGraph, bookwyrm, hardcover, open reads, library thing, others)
swelter_spark@reddthat.com · 6 pts · 1y
I love Storygraph. It's so polished, with interesting features. It just needs the ability to merge duplicate books.
bour@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 1y
What about library thing? I think it's also a good alternative to goodread.
bramkaandorp@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
I've been using it for a few years now, and I really like it, but it does take some getting used to.
slacktoid@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 1y
I'm a simple boy I see Matt Parker, I hit like
OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
Is it ok to mention Z-Library? I use Z-Library and it works great for me.
bramkaandorp@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
How is the cataloguing experience?
OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
Terrible.
bramkaandorp@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
Then why recommend it?
OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 1y
Because it’s free and has every book I’ve ever wanted to read, in every possible format, and in a variety of languages.
bramkaandorp@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
But this post is about book tracking apps, not places to get books.
OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
My mistake.
AnnaFrankfurter@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 1y
bramkaandorp@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
So, I get why people are recommending alternative ways of getting books (Amazon is in the title), but this post is about GoodReads, which is book tracker, not a book store.
DonutsRMeh@lemmy.world · -1 pts · 1y
I've never bought a single book from Amazon. When I had a kindle, they offered Darwin's boom for free and I got it, that's about it.