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Books
BookLamp "is a system
for matching readers to books through an analysis of writing styles, similar to
the way that Pandora.com matches music lovers to new music.
Book Revyoo |
Review Books | Read, Rate Reviews. Web 2.0 based application that allows users
to add, rate, review books. Very new, without many titles there yet - why not
add some?
Booktagger - Your
Online Book Collection. It says of itself: "Tired of cruising book stores
trying to judge a book by its cover? Now you can ask those who've read it
before. Booktagger is an online bookshelf application to list the books you've
read and to share them with others."
BooksWellRead - your free
online book journal. Find stuff you like, recommend books etc.
Chain Reading.
Allows people to see what you're reading, show people what books you recommend,
suggest books, view your friends recommendations and so on. Free service.
Connect via
Books See what others are reading - you might enjoy it as well!
debbiesidea
Discover new authors to read, add your own, comment on them.
Douban: discover books,
music and people. Catalogue, rate, rank books and music. Get recommendations,
join in discussions, browse, create groups.
GuruLib Home Library.
GuruLib helps to organize your books, DVDs, music CDs, games and software using
a book shelf metaphor.
LibraryThing |
Catalog your books online. This is the classic resource that is leading the
pack.
Literature-Map .
Same as the music map, but for authors instead
Reader2 Catalogue your own
books, share and learn from others
Read
It Swap It | The UK's Free Book Swap Shop! | The Library. Put up your own
books, find others you'd like to read and swop, only paying the postage.
Revish!. According to
the site: If you love reading and sharing your reading experiences you're in
the right place!
StoryCode structured
book recommendations. Does what it says on the tin.
What Should I
Read Next?. Enter a book you like and their database of real readers'
recommendations will suggest something.
Food
Cookthink. Nice idea
- put in a few ingredients that you've got to hand and this resource will find
a recipe for you.
Millions of
games. Every game, updated every day. Want to find a game to play? There's
a whole bunch of them here. Not one of my interests I'm afraid, but if you like
games, it's worth a look.
H2O
Playlist: Home. A shared list of readings and other content about a topic
of intellectual interest.
junklog. It's a site for
logging and rating what you've read, watched, listened to and played.
Librarious for books,
movies, music, the works. share, tag and discover.
liveplasma Discover
movies and music you'll like. Still in beta
Taste Kid Find similar
music (artists, bands), movies, books. Whack in the name of a person, film,
band etc and this will give you some ideas of what else you might like. Quite
impressive!
Travature. One of the
new breed of travel sites. Compare airfares, research destinations, see where
to stay and eat. Go there. Come back and share experiences, review hotels
etc.
WhatYah - Sharing
Everything as in what yah watching, or listening to, is a social network cum
media sharing site. It’s relatively simple, you invite friends, make media
lists, and share.
Music
Blip is a quick way to tell
your friends what song you're into right this minute. You also find out what
your favorite people are listening to in real-time — no need to refresh
the page.
Discogs a user-built
database of music information.
finetune. If you like
Pandora and last.fm this might interest. Whack in the name of a musician or
band and see what it pops up with.
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I haven't tried out all of these myself, and people
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Consequently you should exercise sensible caution
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