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Usefulness of Bookwyrm over Open Library? (openlibrary.org)
submitted 8 months ago by Safipok@lemmy.ml to c/fediverse@lemmy.ml
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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 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

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 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] emerald@beehaw.org 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

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 1 points 8 months ago

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.