Social networks in the field of New Technologies they have supposed and are assuming a true boom that will surely mark the history of the first decades of the XNUMXst century. Nowadays there are social networks for everything, from looking for a partner to looking for work without forgetting the classification by age, there is a social network for young people another for adults and each of them with profiles of all kinds. Today I bring you four social networks to start the week on the right foot, they are focused on reading, readers and ebooks and books.
Goodreads, the most popular of reading social networks
Goodreads I do not consider it in this article as one of the four social networks for readers since everything is well known, either for its controversy with Amazon, either because you are or have been users of it. It is well known and there it is, available to anyone who wants or is enjoying the Amazon universe. But there are other alternatives and today I present four of them.
Librote, a social network with the aroma of Castilian
The first of the social networks that I want to introduce you is called Booklet, a social network in Spanish and with a Spanish background. Perhaps it is of all those that I present to you the most «Social network»Since it not only presents elements similar to Goodreads but also allows a very good adaptation to the most popular social networks such as Facebook, Twitter or Google+. Access is free and although the profile you provide is not very complete, it is perfect for sharing readings and searching for books and readers.
Lecturalia, a commercial social network
Reading It may be one of the most commercial social networks out there and, of course, of the four social networks that I present to you, it is the most commercial. Even so, it is very interesting since it offers us tremendous information about the world of the book: authors, ebooks, books, covers, comments, rss reader, etc ... It also offers us the possibility of buying the ebooks that we want or see through the network itself, since it also has a virtual library of ebooks for users and non-users.
LibraryThing, the social network aspiring to the World
Although the name is in English, Library Thing It is a social network in Spanish that is also translated into other languages and that offers an incredible possibility of alternatives. Like Reading, LibraryThings has commercial overtones, but less cheeky than Reading. In exchange for this situation, LibraryThings offers integrity with the most popular social networks, with bibliography managers, with libraries, publishers, etc ... It allows you to create collections, edit tags, search for covers, etc ... It is one of the most complete social networks but it has the disadvantage of having that tint commercial, that although it does not involve any danger, in the Facebook, there is.
What do you read, the most open social network
The last but not the most important is What do you read, a very open social network without any economic background behind it. It has a search engine for friends who are in that social network (like all of them) but it also has a search engine for friends according to reading affinities. In addition to offering an alternative to Goodreads in Spanish, it has a wide catalog of news, without associating itself with any publisher, which is why Tú que lees is a great option for inveterate readers as they will be aware of the latest news of their genre or author. preferred.
Conclusion
These are the 4 social networks that I present to you and that are good alternatives to Goodreads, some are commercial, others the opposite extreme and others in no man's land, but they are all good options to cover our reading and social needs. Now you just need to judge them and tell us what you think Which one would you vote as the best? Do you think there is any other better than these 4 social networks?
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Biblioeteca, the popular request
By popular request and also due to my carelessness I add a bonus track: library. library is a social network in Spanish similar to LibraryThings but with the advantage of its great portability, with this social network you can have access to the recommendations, friends, books and more that this network offers, from any mobile or smart device since it can also be accessed from the pc, the console, etc ... It is a wide network that there is much to talk about and that recently is developing practices of Gamification very popular. If you want to know more I recommend Article that we write about him and then that you go through this social network.
More information - Librote, a “facebook” of books, Booklikes, the popular alternative to Goodreads, BiblioEteca presents an interesting application for our eBooks
Source - Bitelia
Biblioeteca is missing that is much better known than the four that are cited
I did not know biblioeteca until I saw your comments and the truth is that it is a quite interesting site, I will investigate more. Thank you
Good morning everyone. Forgive my mistake. The fact is that I did know her but it was my partner who was in charge of writing the article so I didn't take her much into account. Forgive my forgetfulness. I have updated the article with a bonustrack, which is not very extensive if it mentions Biblioeteca and the article we wrote about it a long time ago. Greetings and thanks for commenting and giving your opinion.
Thank you very much for this article. ShiraDest
lack of reading
missing babelio.es 🙂
Hello very interesting, there is to choose; The truth is that everything you look for about interesting reading, you get it.