If you're interested in trying the Fediverse's social reading platform BookWyrm, there is an official list of servers you can sign up on at:
If you've never heard of BookWyrm, it's an alternative to Amazon's Goodreads. You can find out more about it at:
➡️ fedi.tips/bookwyrm-a-social-ne…
Book information is provided by @wikidata and @inventaire and you can import your existing book data from LibraryThing, StoryGraph, OpenLibrary and Calibre.
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xinit ☕
in reply to Fedi.Tips • • •Unfortunate timing on the first login attempt. Reload seemed happy on the 2FA step, but that was a bit of a surprise.
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Fedi.Tips
in reply to xinit ☕ • • •@xinit
If there's a particular server having difficulties and you haven't started using your account yet, it might be worth signing up on a different one?
end0fline
in reply to xinit ☕ • •Hire Evan Engel
in reply to Fedi.Tips • • •Best book I've found there:
bookwyrm.social/book/981551/s/…
Melania: Devourer of Men - BookWyrm
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jon ⚝
in reply to Fedi.Tips • • •@wikidata @inventaire
Fedi.Tips
in reply to jon ⚝ • • •It's a book-oriented social network where you can keep track of books you've read, post book reviews, read other people's reviews, discover new books to read etc. It describes itself as a "social reading platform".
The official BookWyrm website is at joinbookwyrm.com
Join Bookwyrm
joinbookwyrm.comjon ⚝
in reply to Fedi.Tips • • •Nicolas Fressengeas
in reply to Fedi.Tips • • •@wikidata @inventaire
Thanks !
Unfortunately, I have heard that Bookwyrm development is on pause.
Any better info on that ?
( I am there on Bookwyrm: @fresseng@bw.heraut.eu )
#BookWyrm #Fediverse #Books
Fedi.Tips
in reply to Nicolas Fressengeas • • •I haven't heard that? Where did you see it?
Just checked the Github and the lead developer's latest commit was 11 hours ago:
github.com/bookwyrm-social/boo…
Before that there were a bunch of commits 4 days ago.
I'm not a developer so I may be misinterpreting this, but it seems active?
Commits · bookwyrm-social/bookwyrm
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EaterOfSnacks
in reply to Fedi.Tips • • •Fedi.Tips
in reply to EaterOfSnacks • • •@eaterofsnacks @fresseng
The commits are labelled as being by the developer?
Nicolas Fressengeas
in reply to Fedi.Tips • • •I have it from @balbec. He is the admin of my instance. He has the full story.
I am eager for good news.
I am not a specialist in commits either.
Anthony
in reply to Nicolas Fressengeas • • •Fedi.Tips
in reply to Anthony • • •@balbec @fresseng
I've just checked with the lead dev of BookWyrm and development is definitely continuing.
They had been a bit slower lately due to real life stuff, but the development work has continued.
Strypey
in reply to Fedi.Tips • • •> you can import your existing book data from ... Calibre
Can you link to a good HowTo on this? Asking for a new friend ...
#BookWyrm #Calibre
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Fedi.Tips
in reply to Strypey • • •@strypey
Yup, hopefully this helps:
fedi.tips/importing-your-data-…
Importing your data into BookWyrm from Goodreads, LibraryThing, StoryGraph, OpenLibrary or Calibre | Fedi.Tips – An Unofficial Guide to Mastodon and the Fediverse
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