Usefulness of Bookwyrm over Open Library? (openlibrary.org)
from Safipok@lemmy.ml to fediverse@lemmy.ml on 15 Mar 2024 12:02
https://lemmy.ml/post/13195556

Open Library (not activitypub compatible) is an ISBN database type service. But, it also has reading list/want to read/book review and rating features. So, my question is from a features standpoint and index standpoint (number of books indexed), which is better?

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emerald@beehaw.org on 15 Mar 2024 13:24 collapse

IIRC bookwyrm lets you search openlibrary for books if they’re not known by your server or some well-known instances like bookwyrm.social

Safipok@lemmy.ml on 16 Mar 2024 06:02 collapse

Like that’s my point, why not just use Open library at that state?

emerald@beehaw.org on 16 Mar 2024 15:51 collapse

Mostly for the federated bits I assume. Being able to follow people’s bookwyrm accounts from your other socials is an interesting idea, though I don’t know how often it actually happens in practice. If that stuff doesn’t interest you then yeah just use OL directly ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

Safipok@lemmy.ml on 16 Mar 2024 16:10 collapse

Thanks, I was wondering if there was any feature/index issues. Since there doesn’t seem to be any, I will use OL. Appreciate the reply.