I'm not sure why the title of this software is LibraryThing, but I like it! I've always arranged my personal library in rough subject or genre order, but nothing beyond that. I can see that it would be relatively easy to create an online catalog of my library using LibraryThing. It's a great idea to use Z39.50 searching to access bibliographic information from Amazon, the Library of Congress, and other world-class libraries. A small institutional library could use this to catalog their collection, for only $15 a year (if it's not-for-profit). Of course, I don't know what will happen to all these catalogs when the creator, Tim Spaulding, stops supporting the software...
I've only added 5 books so far, but you're welcome to check out my cataog! Tagging is funny (strange) to me, although I'm sure that's because I haven't done a lot of it. I very much have the urge to make my tags LC subject headings, or at least to control the vocabulary I use. Otherwise, it seems as though I'm just playing a stream of consciousness word game about each book! Reviewing seems like a good feature, and it could be useful for finding new books to read from others' catalogs.
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