Library_thing

Have you ever wished that you could easily catalog your own personal library, or items that you want to or have read? Now you can thanks to Library Thing. LT allows you to create a customizable catalog of your own books by searching the Library of Congress, Amazon.com and the catalogs of over 60 libraries; currently users have cataloged over 6 million books.. Simply set up a free account and then lookup titles to add them to your catalog. You can even write online reviews and adjust the metadata tags to your particular liking. While the social networking potentiality alone is enough to send the average book-geek into uncontrollable spasms of wonder, ("gee, I wonder if anyone else owns Birds of Nepal: with reference to Kashmir and Sikkim) there are also plenty of groups and contests to keep you busy, such as the Pirate Bookpile Contest. LT can also scan your library and make recommendations for books that you might enjoy. Share your collection with friends, taunt your bibliophilic nemesis with your latest acquisition, browse the specialty collections, or just explore and discover great new books.