Comments on: LibraryOtherThing?

Question: LibraryOtherThing?

mzurer — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 10:48:34 -0800

Is there a LibraryThing-ish website with a better interface? Like more Netflix-ish, I can do single-click "add to my library" (or wish list or whatever) anytime I see a title? Or check boxes instead of one title at a time?

Even if I use Delicious Library or something to scan my home library, there are lots of books I have read that I don't own. I really want the suggestions! But (as with Pandora and music-recc sites) I have read a lot of the books I am getting suggested and it is pretty cumbersome to add them to my library from that screen.

By: winston

winston — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 11:37:52 -0800

I think there's a librarything toolbar or firefox plugin or something where you can click a button while viewing a book's amazon.com page to have that book automatically added to your librarything account. I know I used this tool a few years back, but once I had my library set up, I've lost track of it.

I also bought a cuecat barcode scanner for a couple of bucks on ebay and used that to scan in the ISBN barcode, letting librarything fill in the rest.

By: Memo

Memo — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 12:08:04 -0800

GoodReads is an alternative.

By: natabat

natabat — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 15:12:10 -0800

winston's (probably) talking about a bookmarklet listed in Librarything's tools. It's #7 on the left. However, I think that's currently broken.

There are a couple of user written tools that allow you to do this:

LibraryThingSelect: Firefox extension that lets you select text on any page and add it to your LT catalog.

Add from anywhere: search plugin for IE7/Firefox that basically does the same thing.

I haven't used either of these, so I can't actually vouch for them, but that thread is from July of this year, so they're at least up to date. You will have to select a default source the first time you use one.

By: timepiece

timepiece — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 19:57:08 -0800

Well, look at that! I came to pimp my own workaround(s), and natabat beat me to it. So I offer a slightly more convenient direct link (to the "Add Book to LT" search plugin).