I can't find this book collection app

October 13, 2005 11:56 AM

There was a link in the blue to a cool web app for putting your book collection online. It would automatically pull a cover image from amazon or somewhere, and had a very clean interface. It did social web app stuff too. But its name was too clever and I've forgotten it. Metatalkers, I seek your help...
posted by mecran01 to MetaFilter-related at 11:56 AM (14 comments total)

LibraryThing.
posted by Jeanne at 11:59 AM on October 13, 2005

LibraryThing?
posted by ambrosia at 12:00 PM on October 13, 2005

Funny, I was just adding some reviews. It's a great (if new and rough-around-the-edges) service.
posted by selfnoise at 12:02 PM on October 13, 2005

It's not librarything, but librarything has the same functionality and more users, so Yea! Thanks!

I love the fact that you can import text files.
posted by mecran01 at 12:06 PM on October 13, 2005

Apparently, the import only works if you've keyed in the isbn :(
posted by mecran01 at 12:21 PM on October 13, 2005

I think the app I was playing with had a name like book^2 or something similar. But librarything looks like a superset of the original application. Thanks again!
posted by mecran01 at 12:26 PM on October 13, 2005

Reader 2?
posted by chunking express at 12:41 PM on October 13, 2005

Delicious Library?
posted by kirkaracha at 12:47 PM on October 13, 2005

Listal?
posted by frenetic at 12:49 PM on October 13, 2005

BooksWeLike?
posted by matildaben at 3:43 PM on October 13, 2005

Mediachest?
posted by tracicle at 5:39 PM on October 13, 2005

You might not be able to find it b/c it was a self-link - I dimly remember some post about something like you describe getting deleted for that reason.
posted by advil at 9:43 PM on October 13, 2005

You could always try Bookcrossing.
posted by MrMustard at 12:06 AM on October 14, 2005

Awesome. Any of these like to import comma-delimited text files? I will check them out, and as penance create a comparison chart.
posted by mecran01 at 7:12 AM on October 14, 2005