So I've been trying to move away from amazon stuff for my book shopping and organizing. It's not complete, but here are some things that are working for me:
* ebooks and real books from the library. VPL has an A+ online catalog and lets me put books on hold from online!
* My local bookshop, Pulpfiction
* ebooks via Weightless and Kobo
* keeping track of series with fictfact
* chatting in #books and #AmReading
I haven't really looked for a goodreads replacement yet and am open to recs.
Benefits of the library
1) free
2) lots of ebooks and audiobooks of higher quality than I might choose myself if exposed to the entire amazon/kobo catalog
3) getting actual books involves walking to the library, a very pleasant half hour round trip
4) I like seeing all the people at the library reading newspapers and learning how to use computers and wasting time and figuring out immigration and jobs and stuff
5) the library is near the corner produce stand that always has the best fruit
@susannah What's the story about DRMs with this library's ebooks?
@otini It depends on the book. Many are drm-ed, but not all! If the publisher doesn't force drm, the library doesn't include it.