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The fediverse Goodreads alternative: Bookwyrm (bookwyrm.world)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by [M] to c/fediverse@lemmy.world
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If you are interested in sharing book recommendations with other, or just manage your books, then bookwyrm is great for that! The .world team also has a bookwyrm instance up and running at bookwyrm.world with a community here on lemmy as well at !bookwyrm@lemmy.world. Read Ruuds original post about it here: https://lemmy.world/post/5904792

If you want to join another bookwyrm instance, then head over to joinbookwyrm.com.

Anyway, it's a great place to find books, share books, and find people with similar interests in books! If there is anything that you feel needs to be improved or changed on the bookwyrm.world instance, then contact me!

EDIT - Mastodon account for the instance: @bookwyrmworld@mastodon.world

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[–] 9 points 2 years ago (5 children)

I tried so hard to get into Bookwyrm and joined several instances but it really holds no candle to Goodreads in terms of number of users. A single book that is not even that popular will often have hundreds or thousands of reviews on Goodreads. Like this book:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42863088

vs

https://bookwyrm.social/book/629446/s/mathematics-for-human-flourishing

I think that a lot of book nerds have been using Goodreads for years and are unaware and not looking for of fedi alternatives.

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  • [–] 20 points 2 years ago

    Well yeah, what did you expect? The fediverse is brand new while goodreads is at least 15 years old (without looking it up). I have people from high school on my friends list there and I’m in my late 30s.

    It goes without saying that they have more users and therefore more reviews. That stuff doesn’t happen overnight.

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  • [–] [S] 8 points 2 years ago

    Yeah. It is kinda "lacking" in the terms of reviews. But for each goodreads people that join, the more reviews and books we get, as you can import your goodreads library. And knowing the fediverse, it won't be that long, I hope ;P

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    So read your goodreads reviews, then when you decide "I'll read this one," go to your bookwyrm, "import from goodreads," read it, then review it on bookwyrm. Don't just complain about it, be about it, that's the only way it'll grow.

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