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{{Infobox |title=BookWyrm |website=joinbookwyrm.com |instance=bookwyrm.social |mastohandle=@bookwyrm |mastoinstance=tech.lgbt}} | |||
BookWyrm is a book cataloguing platform and the [[What is the Fediverse? | Fediverse]]'s replacement for Goodreads. | |||
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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> | |||
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. <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> | ||
You can discover books by following other people or viewing lists and add them to your read-list. <br> | You can discover books by following other people or viewing lists and add them to your read-list. <br> | ||
Books can be rated, reviewed | Books can be rated, reviewed, commented on and quoted. | ||
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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> | |||
BookWyrm, on the other hand, is focused on community sharing, discussion and kindness.<br> | |||
BookWyrm is part of the [[What is the Fediverse? | 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 [[What is Mastodon? | Mastodon]] or [[What is Pleroma?|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. | |||
== Further Reading == <!--T:7--> | |||
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[[How do I get an account?]] <br> | [[How do I get an account?]] <br> | ||
[[Getting started with your Fediverse account]] <br> | [[Getting started with your Fediverse account]] <br> | ||
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[[BookWyrm]] | [[BookWyrm]] | ||
== 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''' | |||
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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] | |||
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[[Category:What is]] [[Category:BookWyrm]] [[Category:What are Fediverse projects?]] [[Category:Beginners guide]] | |||
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