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I have seen many people mention using goodreads, and other web apps to track their reading list. I don't understand using a webapp for this simple use-case. I h
by 8s2ngy 3y ago
I have seen many people mention using goodreads, and other web apps to track their reading list. I don't understand using a webapp for this simple use-case. I have always used a simple org file, with the author's name as the first-level heading, and the books I have read from them as second-level headings below it. Am i missing something here? Why do people want to use an online-only service for this simple thing?
- skydhash 3y agoWhen I discovered Goodreads, I wasn’t a proponent of plain text yet. And it was great for discovering books and authors. I barely used the social aspect, treating it as a database of books instead.
- stolenmerch 3y agoBecause I read a lot of books with various editions, alternate covers, etc. I want to track that metadata and if I'm going to just go copy/paste it from Goodreads anyway, I might as well just log it there then periodically export that list.
- SamBam 3y agoBecause it can be nice to read reviews to decide what to read next.