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1. switching.social (switchingsocial@mastodon.at)'s status on Sunday, 15-Sep-2019 11:49:08 UTC switching.social

   • inventaire.io
   • Readlebee

   In case you missed it...

   If you're looking for a free open alternative to Amazon's Goodreads, there's a project just started called #Readlebee. You can follow them at:

   @Readlebee

   You can help out with feature suggestions and code at:

   https://gitlab.com/Alamantus/Readlebee
   https://gitter.im/Readlebee

   Readlebee uses a wikidata-based book database maintained by @inventaire which you can contribute to:
   https://floss.social/@Readlebee/102793000211075677

   #GoodReads #Alternatives #DeleteAmazon #Books #eBooks

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   • switching.social (switchingsocial@mastodon.at)'s status on Sunday, 15-Sep-2019 11:52:22 UTC switching.social

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     • inventaire.io
     • Readlebee

     @Readlebee @inventaire

     p.s. I know this post is repeating stuff from the past few days, but alternatives to Goodreads are one of the most frequent requests I get, so I wanted to make sure everyone knows about this project 👍

   • switching.social (switchingsocial@mastodon.at)'s status on Sunday, 15-Sep-2019 12:36:49 UTC switching.social

     • inventaire.io
     • Readlebee
     • jesse_m

     @jesse_m @Readlebee @inventaire

     Yup, they avoid mentioning Amazon in the branding.

     Amazon owns many popular book and non-book companies:

     Abebooks
     Audible
     Book Depository
     BookFinder.com
     Comixology
     Goodreads
     IMDB
     LibraryThing (40%)
     Ring
     Twitch
     Whole Foods Market

     and many, many others :blobsad:

   • switching.social (switchingsocial@mastodon.at)'s status on Sunday, 15-Sep-2019 12:37:48 UTC switching.social

     • inventaire.io
     • Readlebee
     • jesse_m

     @jesse_m @Readlebee @inventaire

     Yup, they avoid mentioning Amazon in the Goodreads branding.

     Amazon owns many popular book and non-book companies:

     Abebooks
     Audible
     Book Depository
     BookFinder.com
     Comixology
     Goodreads
     IMDB
     LibraryThing (40%)
     Ring
     Twitch
     Whole Foods Market

     and many, many others :blobsad:

   • switching.social (switchingsocial@mastodon.at)'s status on Sunday, 15-Sep-2019 13:17:02 UTC switching.social

     • Minetest

     @izaya

     It's scary how difficult it is to avoid big tech now 😬

     I guess they could try switching to @Minetest and (if it gets finished) the streaming option on PeerTube?

   • switching.social (switchingsocial@mastodon.at)'s status on Sunday, 15-Sep-2019 18:43:59 UTC switching.social

     • ✨ Doc ✨

     @doctorsidrat

     LibraryThing sold 40% of itself to Abebooks, then Amazon bought Abebooks... :blobsad:

     This is the risk when indies sell stakes of themselves to others, they may have no idea where the stake will end up.

   • switching.social (switchingsocial@mastodon.at)'s status on Sunday, 15-Sep-2019 18:44:22 UTC switching.social

     • inventaire.io
     • Perflyst
     • Readlebee

     @perflyst @Readlebee @inventaire

     Not yet, it's only just started! :blobsmile: