Del.icio.us for books

September 19, 2005 7:01 AM

Reader2 A very nice social site allows you to keep your reading list and - main purpose - find something interesting to read looking at users with similar tastes, or similar books to those you added, or just by browsing the site.
There's also another one - which has no competitors yet, for software - MyProgs.
P.S. Those are free services.
posted by kuchin (21 comments total)

ARRRR! DROP YER MAINS AT ONCE AND STAND FREE O THE MIZZENS YE LOBSTER BASTARRRRRDS! I HEREBY CLAIM THIS THREAD FOR BLACK PETE...AND ALL HIS PRIVATEERRRRRS! WE'RE HERE FOR GOLD, JEWELS AND THE BLOOD OF PAPISTS. WHAT SAY YE TO THAT ME HEARTIES NOW THAT MY BLADE IS AT YE CHEST?
posted by well_balanced at 7:02 AM on September 19, 2005

wow, someone more inreverent then I am!
posted by wheelieman at 7:07 AM on September 19, 2005

This is me on MyProgs. The new look over there is ugly though. The minimal del.icio.us look from last month was heaps better.
posted by sjvilla79 at 7:19 AM on September 19, 2005

It seems like social software for libaries is the big thing now. I posted about LibraryThing recently, which looks to be quite nice--endoresed by languagehat, even!
posted by monju_bosatsu at 7:22 AM on September 19, 2005

There's also listal, if someone interested.
posted by kuchin at 7:26 AM on September 19, 2005

Err, I mean listal.
posted by kuchin at 7:27 AM on September 19, 2005

The problem with Reader2 and LibraryThing is that they are ugly as sin.
posted by chunking express at 7:54 AM on September 19, 2005

posted by well_balanced at 7:02 AM PST

I love it when people's posts completely contradict their handles.
posted by Faint of Butt at 8:09 AM on September 19, 2005

Har! Every flea-lovin man of the open sea knows Black Pete for a scurrilous dog not worth the wall his hide be stretched out upon! We've got the weather gage on ye and we'll swive ye and yer families from stem to stern unless ye deliver up the boooty NOW! Arr - I'll give you well-balanced: me cutlass in one hand and me pistol in t'other! Bloody doom upong Black Pete and his ragtag band of imposters!!!
posted by freebird at 8:37 AM on September 19, 2005

The problem with Reader2 is its a link farm to Amazon with "reader2" user tags to generate profit from the goodwill and work of others. Pirates!!

I wish someone would replicate all the features of Amazon (review blogs, rateings, user lists, suggestions, etc..) without the commercial trappings, and open source the content of the reviews so they can be exported.
posted by stbalbach at 8:47 AM on September 19, 2005

Reader2 allows the person entering the review to generate their own link, to amazon or elsewhere. The reader2 tag is entered only if the user tag is left blank. I don't see a problem with that.
posted by Manjusri at 8:52 AM on September 19, 2005

From the Reader2 blog:
Some stats from Amazon associates program:
1050 clicks, 35 orders.
11 already shipped, which resulted in $6.60 - at 5% referral rate. All this for 2 weeks, with ~2000 unique visitors daily.

I don't see any problem with them using associate links. The site needs to cover it's costs and as Manjusri said users can replace the amazon link with their own.
posted by aidanf at 9:09 AM on September 19, 2005

ARR! Self-linking DOG you'll repent for your sins in Davy Jones' Locker! Have at him boys, and spare not the lash!

But seriously - Kuchin, is this a result of you linking to this page or does it actuallly mean you linked to your own site?
(from the "About" page:)

Author
Mail me at [e-mail] :)

That's always poor form, but especially if there's Amazon referrals involved...
posted by freebird at 9:37 AM on September 19, 2005

Oooh, good catch, Freebird...and also, according to Kuchin's resume:

Maintained sites (administration + development):
MyProgs
Reader2
TagFacts
eMule Plus
RusDivX
posted by tpl1212 at 9:51 AM on September 19, 2005

Well, I wanted to post it on the TextAds and/or on the second site with mailing list, which were advised for self-linking, but both are non-functioning...
And you would prefer me to submit it with different nick? I could have done that, it's not that hard - but I preferred to keep my nick.
posted by kuchin at 9:58 AM on September 19, 2005

Keelhaul!
posted by stbalbach at 9:59 AM on September 19, 2005

kuchin, from the guidelines: Posting a link to your homepage and asking for feedback is a bad post. Self-promotion isn't what this site is about.

As for the "And you would prefer me to submit it with different nick? I could have done that, it's not that hard", I say "huh?" followed by a "wha?"
posted by tpl1212 at 10:01 AM on September 19, 2005

No, ye pansy-livered cancerous piece of a dog's ass! We don't want your self-posts at all, and with all your sass and ill-temper, we've half a mind to feed you to the sharks! Arr! We don't like bean-counting accountants trying to make a fast buck off the honest pirates on this beauty of a ship, and we'll paint your ass with rats blood and hang you from the top-gallants if you keep it up!
posted by freebird at 10:06 AM on September 19, 2005

freebird, actually I'm C++ programmer, if you mind ;-P
posted by kuchin at 10:25 AM on September 19, 2005

I don't know about this "sea plus plus" ye speak of, but only the Law of the Open Sea! And that demands ye pay the ultimate price for this crime, right smart! And only a beancounter would be so devious, you can't fool me ARRRR I can see you now in your tweeds with your books and your bookmarklets with your lobster-cock and your watered-down grog ARRR yer a pox on the weather-stained face of this good crew and we'll pickle you in the blood of the next passing leperous whale.
posted by freebird at 10:44 AM on September 19, 2005

freebird, I really enjoy your posts. I wish I can speak this pirate language too, but unfortunately english is not my native language.
posted by kuchin at 10:52 AM on September 19, 2005