When LinkedIn got Amazon Reading List application, I started to add my readings and short reviews in LinkedIn. Well - LinkedIn Reading List is available only for my LinkedIn connections. It doesn't make sense to hide the reviews inside one application only, does it?
I looked for smashable bookshelf application. Shelfari looked most promising and I gave it a test drive. It's a nice app and smashable, but didn't quite fit to my needs. What I want to is to show my list with my ratings and my reviews only. Shelfari was a bit ambiguous when showing my reviews vs. collective reviews.
In the end it was easy to add new book reviews page on my site and create a Blogger gadget with simple HTML-code to show the latest books with rating. Not so fancy, but working. Updating list and reviews should be easy enough. Write the review once and then copy & paste to Amazon Reading List and latest books -gadget.
Author name is linked to quote from the book - I try to find something which describes the book well or some security related. Book title is linked to review, if available.
If I find a good, smashable bookshelf/reading list application on the Web, I'll probably switch to it. Having Amazon Reading List as a publicly available smashable application could be optimal solution for me.
Links are not valid anymore. I've changed my ISP and Shelfari has been merged to Goodreads. You'll find the new, relevant links from this page's right panel.
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