Catalog your Books!

[Gideon Brown]

I'm deleting it.

[One Bad Pig]

[Gideon Brown]

Well, I dunno... doesn't it seem like just another way to show off? "Ooh, look how many books I've read!"

It was fun to do, but... I can't see me getting any real use out of it.

[Gideon Brown]

And isn't it self-absorbed? One reason I never liked blogging is that it's self-centered - the assumption is that other people actually care what you think, which is a mighty presumptuous and pompous thing to assume! Isn't this the same thing? Like, get real; no one cares what books I've read. The only reason for me to do it is so I can get some perverted self-satisfaction out of pretending or hoping I'm important enough that someone actually cares what books I own.

Sigh. I'm glad I'm going fishing tomorrow.

[One Bad Pig]

Actually, I think it's nice to see what books others have. A book seen here might look interesting, and I can ask the owner about it before dashing off to buy/borrow it.

There's also an option to make your profile private, which hides your library from view.

[Gideon Brown]

And it also seems like yet another way to label people (and thereby dehumanize them): "You own that book? Oh, I see; you must be this type of person." As if human personalities are so simple to define and categorize.

And, my butt is itchy.

In any case, I made my collection 'private'... for now.

(Sorry. Am I really too cynical? That's why Hemingway is on my 'favourite authors' list. )

[Dee Dee Warren]

I am really enjoying this. I added a few more, most of which aren't shared by anyone. I am now going to look for peeps with similar interests and hope to find some books that I may not be aware of. This could be a great resource. I could also see using this if you need a particular portion from a rarer book, you can contact someone who has it and see if they are kind of enough to scan a portion for you. I would do that for someone if I had a hard to find book.

[Dee Dee Warren]

I added some more

[JB]

Well, the Tuck cycle sure happened fast... I never even had a chance to see what sort of cool books he has.

It's worse than that. I only put things on my wishlist that I can't buy right at the moment or just want to remember to look for on ebay. Generally something doesn't have time to be on my wishlist because I just can't stop hitting that "one-click" ordering button.

Oooh... wow. That's pretty hardcore.

Which is worse: the way you do it, or the fact that my wishlist has around 500 books on it?

I tend to go through the footnotes of current books and buying the reference materials on good points made.

Same here. Which is why it really ticks me off when books don't have bibliographies. (I'd mention DJ's as an example, but you specified "good points", so... )

It is much easier than I thought it would be. I paid for a pay account of one year.

I opted to follow your lead. I knew I'd do it eventually, but I figure I might as well take a year as a trial before going lifetime.

I just added a few more. I gotta get some good preterist books to balance out the pre-trib relics from hight school.

Me too. I uploaded a bunch of extra books now, and I think I need more good books to counterbalance the Pat Robertson, Herbert Armstrong, and futurist eschatology.

I am really enjoying this. I added a few more, most of which aren't shared by anyone. I am now going to look for peeps with similar interests and hope to find some books that I may not be aware of. This could be a great resource. I could also see using this if you need a particular portion from a rarer book, you can contact someone who has it and see if they are kind of enough to scan a portion for you. I would do that for someone if I had a hard to find book.

That's a really great idea. I may have to keep that in mind.

[Dee Dee Warren]

I added some more

[Dee Dee Warren]

Where are the rest of TWebbians? Are we the only book freaks?

[Dee Dee Warren]

slackers

[JB]

They must be too wimpy to handle our collective awesomeness.

[Dee Dee Warren]

I am right now putting in my technical books and then I am back to a ton more of theology books.

[JB]

"Guide to a Well-Behaved Parrot"?