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{{Infobox |title=BookWyrm |website=joinbookwyrm.com |instance=bookwyrm.social |mastohandle=@bookwyrm |mastoinstance=tech.lgbt}} | |||
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BookWyrm is a book cataloguing platform and the | BookWyrm is a book cataloguing platform and the {{Internal link |target=What is the Fediverse? |link-name=Fediverse}}'s replacement for Goodreads. | ||
== What does BookWyrm feel like? == | == What does BookWyrm feel like? == <!--T:2--> | ||
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According to the project BookWyrm "is a platform for social reading! You can use it to track what you're reading, review books, and follow your friends.<br> | According to the project BookWyrm "is a platform for social reading! You can use it to track what you're reading, review books, and follow your friends.<br> | ||
It isn't primarily meant for cataloguing or as a data-source for books, but it does do both of those things to some degree." | It isn't primarily meant for cataloguing or as a data-source for books, but it does do both of those things to some degree." | ||
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With BookWyrm you can recreate your bookshelf digitally and share it with your friends. <br> | With BookWyrm you can recreate your bookshelf digitally and share it with your friends. <br> | ||
You can import your data from Goodreads, Storygraph, LibraryThing and OpenLibrary, including books you have read, are reading and will read. <br> | You can import your data from Goodreads, Storygraph, LibraryThing and OpenLibrary, including books you have read, are reading and will read. <br> | ||
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Books can be rated, reviewed, commented on and quoted. | Books can be rated, reviewed, commented on and quoted. | ||
== What are some advantages over Goodreads? == | == What are some advantages over Goodreads? == <!--T:5--> | ||
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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 | 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> | ||
You don't need a BookWyrm account to follow BookWyrm users. You can do that from | 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}}. | ||
== | == Licensing == <!--T:14--> | ||
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[ | BookWyrm is published under the [https://github.com/bookwyrm-social/bookwyrm/blob/main/LICENSE.md anti-capitalist software license] which is not a Free Software license according to the Free Software Foundation, but, as the name says, an anti-capitalist license. That means that nobody can profit off the project. | ||
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{{Getting started links}} | |||
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== Weblinks == | == Weblinks == <!--T:9--> | ||
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* [https://joinbookwyrm.com/ Official website] | * [https://joinbookwyrm.com/ Official website] | ||
* [https://bookwyrm.social/ Official instance] | * [https://bookwyrm.social/ Official instance] | ||
* [https://bookwyrm.fediverse.observer/list List of instances] | * [https://bookwyrm.fediverse.observer/list List of instances] | ||
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'''Guides''' | '''Guides''' | ||
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* [https://wedistribute.org/2021/08/bookwyrm-is-the-federated-goodreads-replacement-i-didnt-know-i-needed/ BookWyrm is the Federated GoodReads Replacement I Didn’t Know I Needed] | * [https://wedistribute.org/2021/08/bookwyrm-is-the-federated-goodreads-replacement-i-didnt-know-i-needed/ BookWyrm is the Federated GoodReads Replacement I Didn’t Know I Needed] | ||
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