Many thanks to Brett Holman at Airminded who recently (and unknowingly) alerted me to LibraryThing, an on-line service that makes cataloging one’s book collection a very simple and painless process.

Just set up a free account, start inputting authors or titles, and you’re on your way. The site draws upon the Library of Congress collection, national Amazon sites, and more than sixty world libraries, to help you identify the specific edition(s) that you own. Once books have been entered into your LibraryThing collection they can be “tagged” by subject area, sorted, and searched.

The site is also a great place to get or give suggestions on what to read next as it enables you to view the contents of other members’ collections and exchange ideas through dedicated groups set-up by other library thingers

You’re allowed to have up to 200 books in your free account. Join as a paid member and you can catalog an unlimited number of books for a small $10 annual fee (Even better is the $25 lifetime membership).

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