My Library

I was recently "turned on" to a library web site called Library Thing (http://www.librarything.com/) by my son. Blogsopt.com won't accept their widget to display my books! LibraryThing is a pay-for-service site, but the lifetime fee is minimal, at $25. I guess they make their money from the fact that they have a link with Amazon.com, hoping that you will see the books in my library and purchase them through Amazon.

Well, okay, they have to make their money somehow, and it doesn't come out of my pocket, only yours if you see something you like and go to buy it from Amazon. Personally, I buy most of my books through Christianbook.com (CBD) because their prices are cheaper, and because I know that the CBD folks are not donating money to un-Godly causes that some other enterprises contribute to. I guess being used can work both ways!

I have entered ratings for most of the items already loaded into my library site, and I am adding my comments/ reviews about the volumes and book-sets after I get them entered. You will see that most of my stuff is theological in nature, but there are a few books that are fiction, primarily Tom Clancy, and John Gresham. I have read JK Rowling's Harry Potter books, but I borrowed them to read, and have not purchased them (yet).

The LibraryThing site will also sell you a barcode scanner (it looks like a cat!) that will automatically enter the data for the book for you. My problem is that the bar code thing is fairly new, and many of my books do not have the bar codes for the ISBN's and some of the older books don't even have an ISBN, and some don't even have Library of Congress codes! I had to do some research in the LoC site and used book sites to get the information for some of my books.

Take a look!