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submitted 2 months ago by Feeee23@lemmy.world to c/books@lemmy.world

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[–] harsh3466@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I really like storygraph. Every year or so I check on their progress for an api. It's on their long term roadmap and I'll be a happy person when it comes to fruition.

[–] citizensongbird@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

Only problem with Storygraph is that it's privately owned, just like Goodreads was. So as soon as Storygraph gets popular enough, it'll just get sold (probably to Amazon) and then you'll have to find another haven and start over once again. At least Bookwyrm is federated, like Lemmy.

[–] StarlightDust@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 2 months ago

The most surprisingly good place I have found for ebooks recently is itch.io. Solid platform for indie content.

[–] Sizing2673@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

Omg I had no idea it was from Amazon too

God dammit

[–] DrainKikoLake@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 months ago

I still just keep a paper log in my notebook. It's been working for me since 2013 so no reason to switch now!

[–] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 5 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Why is he white now?

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[–] Opisek@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

If you just want to track what books you've read, like me, I highly recommend Jelu!

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[–] 3dmvr@lemm.ee 4 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Do any also track comics? I feel like I have a better chance tracking all ive read in one place pirating them all and placing them there than any of these apps, they are always missing something

[–] Okokimup@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

I don't know about the others, but Storygraph does.

[–] other_cat@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 months ago

You can track pretty much anything on BookWyrm. If it's not already listed in one of the instances' directories, you can add it yourself.

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[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 months ago

Hey so thanks for this. Helped me find some actual good books. All I had to do was put in the things that I actually liked.

You know, it's actually kinda wild how much published stuff caters to only a few average points in society and disregards the rest.

Did you know that some people actually commercially publish omegv novels? I had no idea but it's like christmas!

[–] cccrontab@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Does anyone know if there's a way to export your GoodReads data and import it into one of these other services?

[–] Feeee23@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

Yes there is you can get a csv file with everything, its a bit hidden but storygraph for example has instructions how to do it

[–] SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Downloading pdfs from libgen, gutrnberg, and google

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