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Föderation EN Sa 29.03.2025 18:27:26 BookWyrm is a social network for people who enjoy books and reading. It's intended as a Fediverse alternative to Amazon's Goodreads. The official site is at: There's a FediTips guide all about BookWyrm with lots of questions answered at: β‘οΈ https://fedi.tips/bookwyrm-a-social-network-for-people-who-enjoy-reading BookWyrm accounts can be followed from Mastodon etc. However, you need to sign up for an account on a BookWyrm server if you want to use BookWyrm's features. |
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Föderation EN Sa 29.03.2025 18:30:15 @FediTips Yea that's a downer that Bookwyrm is still kinda centralized. π |
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Föderation EN Sa 29.03.2025 18:30:47 It's not centralised at all, it's spread out on lots of servers just like Mastodon. |
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Föderation EN Sa 29.03.2025 18:31:24 @FediTips Oh... I stand corrected. I thought you had to sign up on the main server tho? |
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Föderation EN Sa 29.03.2025 18:32:00 No you don't! π You can choose any of these servers: |
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Föderation EN Sa 29.03.2025 18:33:22 @FediTips Epic. I think I can even roll my own! |
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Föderation EN Sa 29.03.2025 18:35:04 Yes, you can! |
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Föderation EN Sa 29.03.2025 18:32:43 @FediTips Is there an iOS/Android app for it? |
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Föderation EN Sa 29.03.2025 18:34:31 Not an app store app, but BookWyrm's web app is good and you can install that on iOS or Android: https://fedi.tips/how-to-install-web-apps-for-mastodon-and-the-fediverse |
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Föderation EN Sa 29.03.2025 18:37:35 @FediTips Nifty |
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Föderation DE So 30.03.2025 09:05:02 @FediTips @phillycodehound acutually: There is an App in the F-Droid Store. But elsewhere there is just a really good webapp |
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Föderation EN So 30.03.2025 14:47:44 Ahh interesting, thank you! I'll add this info to the guide. |
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Föderation EN Sa 29.03.2025 18:40:19 @FediTips Just curious, about how many BookWyrm users are there? |
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Föderation EN Sa 29.03.2025 18:44:40 I'm not sure, sorry! It's usually quite difficult to know about all the servers on a plaform. I'd guess... 100k? But BookWyrm accounts can be followed by Fediverse accounts outside BookWyrm so the reach can be bigger than that. |
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Föderation EN Sa 29.03.2025 18:58:57 @FediTips All good! Thanks for the work you do. ππ |
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Föderation EN Sa 29.03.2025 19:09:50 @FediTips Well, thank you, I'll give it a try. I read a lot, and NEVER manage to keep track of my reading. I just created the alias : |
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Föderation EN Sa 29.03.2025 20:17:34 @FediTips is it screenreader friendly? most of those that I've tried aren't such as fabel, storygraph and bookly |
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Föderation EN Sa 29.03.2025 21:05:00 Good question! I don't know, maybe @WeirdWriter has tried it? |
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Föderation EN Sa 29.03.2025 22:37:30 @halfbakedkitcat @FediTips BookWyrm is screen reader friendly. In 2017 I worked with the developer for almost a year on making improvement so it is very much screen reader friendly |
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Föderation EN Sa 29.03.2025 22:54:28 Wow, fantastic! So cool Robert, I didn't realise! |
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Föderation EN Sa 29.03.2025 22:56:33 @WeirdWriter @FediTips can you have a reading goal on there like goodreads? also, can you import your goodreads content and kindle content cause, kindle and audible are what I use to read. |
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Föderation EN Sa 29.03.2025 22:59:59 Yes, you can set a reading goal! And yes, you can import content from many popular services, I've done a guide to this at https://fedi.tips/importing-your-data-into-bookwyrm-from-goodreads-librarything-storygraph-openlibrary-or-calibre/ |
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Föderation EN Sa 29.03.2025 23:53:38 Oh this is amazing! I just wasn't quite sure if Kindle even had the option of exporting to CSV. I have an Audible account and wish they would give us a native option to export our library listings into CSV. I use Libation to export library data but will share this page going forward! I knew about the CSV import, I just didn't know how far the CSV support went! @FediTips @halfbakedkitcat |
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Föderation EN Sa 29.03.2025 23:00:50 @halfbakedkitcat @FediTips Yes on goals and yes on importing Goodreads but no on importing Kindle |
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Föderation EN So 30.03.2025 04:51:27 @halfbakedkitcat @FediTips now that is a good question! |
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Föderation EN Sa 29.03.2025 20:18:14 @FediTips it's a good service. I've been using it for maybe 1.5 years and haven't missed Goodreads at all. |
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Föderation EN Sa 29.03.2025 20:54:42 And it has a .de address: |
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Föderation EN Sa 29.03.2025 21:04:15 That's one of the servers, yes! π |
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Föderation EN Sa 29.03.2025 21:29:24 Thank you for sharing. This is great! I dropped Goodreads right after it was acquired by Amazon and haven't been connected socially with other readers for a long time. I just registered an account at BookWyrm (@JulieReads), and look forward to exploring its options and finding & connecting to like minded readers. |
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Föderation EN Sa 29.03.2025 22:19:10 Aww, that's brilliant! Really nice π Very glad to hear you found BookWyrm, hope you have fun! |
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Föderation EN Mo 31.03.2025 12:04:13 @FediTips Bookmarked - thanks! |
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Föderation EN Mo 31.03.2025 12:50:24 @FediTips interesting, will try! |
