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BookWyrm is a book cataloguing platform and the {{Internal link |target=What is the Fediverse? |link-name=Fediverse}}'s replacement for Goodreads.
BookWyrm is a book cataloguing platform and the {{Internal link |target=Fediverse |link-name=Fediverse}}'s replacement for Goodreads.


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Goodreads belongs to Amazon, tracks your behavior online and is aimed at making profit for the bookseller that owns it. <br>
Goodreads belongs to Amazon, tracks your behavior online and is aimed at making profit for the bookseller that owns it. <br>
BookWyrm, on the other hand, is focused on community sharing, discussion and kindness.<br>
BookWyrm, on the other hand, is focused on community sharing, discussion and kindness.<br>
BookWyrm is part of the {{Internal link |target=What is the Fediverse? |link-name=Fediverse}} and as such decentralized. That means you can create your own little BookWyrm instance e.g. for your friends and connect to other instances.<br>
BookWyrm is part of the {{Internal link |target=Fediverse |link-name=Fediverse}} and as such decentralized. That means you can create your own little BookWyrm instance e.g. for your friends and connect to other instances.<br>
You don't need a BookWyrm account to follow BookWyrm users. You can do that from {{Internal link |target=What is Mastodon? |link-name=Mastodon}} or {{Internal link |target=What is Pleroma? |link-name=Pleroma}}.
You don't need a BookWyrm account to follow BookWyrm users. You can do that from {{Internal link |target=What is Mastodon? |link-name=Mastodon}} or {{Internal link |target=What is Pleroma? |link-name=Pleroma}}.