BookWyrm is a Fediverse alternative to Amazon's Goodreads.

[screwturn@mastodon.social]

@FediTips

So ... as much as I hate that Amazon runs GoodReads, they have a specific section for authors to blog, engage with readers, and link their books. They have created a full-spectrum platform

Bookwyrm caters only to the reader, and has no similar author features.

[thechrisdantes@social.linux.pizza]

@FediTips
Does BookWyrm allow you to enter multiple reading dates for books? Like of you read a book multiple times?

[feditips@social.growyourown.services]

@thechrisdantes

Not as far as I can tell, it seems to just have one set of dates for each book.

[feditips@social.growyourown.services]

@screwturn

These aren't deliberate design decisions by BookWyrm, they're doing what they can with the resources they have. It's made by volunteers who depend on donations from users.

You can still set up an account and engage with people, it just wouldn't be designated as a separate section?

[thechrisdantes@social.linux.pizza]

@FediTips
Ok. Thanks.

[skivling@mastodon.nz]

@thechrisdantes @FediTips Yes you can - the button that says 'Read', click the dropdown arrow next to it then select 'Start Reading'.
Alternatively, you can manually enter more read dates on the book page under Your Reading Activity click 'Add read dates'.

[feditips@social.growyourown.services]

@Skivling @thechrisdantes

Ahhh thank you!

[feditips@social.growyourown.services]

@thechrisdantes

Apologies for the wrong answer, glad Skivling got the right answer!

[hrw@society.oftrolls.com]

@FediTips

I have a problem with all those "track your reading" systems.

They do not have books in Polish. Or handle one language. Or do not have a way to link book in one language to the same book in other language.

Which mean that with each book I read, I need to enter all details just to be able to mark "I read that". And if there are no other users reading in Polish, then it is just a list with not needed work.

[hrw@society.oftrolls.com]

@FediTips

Had to check something and my suspicion got confirmed...

There are several copies of the same book all over again. Check George Orwell and all those copies of 1984:

https://bookwyrm.social/author/880/s/george-orwell?page=3

[feditips@social.growyourown.services]

@hrw

The book data for BookWyrm comes from @wikidata and @inventaire

If there's a problem with the automatic book data, they are the projects to follow it up with.

You can also manually add books to BookWyrm: https://fedi.tips/how-to-manually-add-a-book-on-bookwyrm/