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BookMooch Discussion : BookMooch open discussion, all topics ok
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For all moochers interested in Dutch books
I've added quite some Dutch books in my inventory. Since they are hand-entered, it isn't always easy to find them. I hope by leaving this message on the forum, at least some of them will find a new home. Most of them are quite new books, which i have reviewed. (And features well-known names as Bolano, Nick Davies, etc.) Check them out here:  Tombleweed For all non-Dutch moochers: sorry to have bothered you with this message ;-)
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Tombleweed
11 years ago
1 comment
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The Best way to keep track of books on wishlist
In all my time on Bookmooch, i've had problems with Bookmooch's way of handling titles. If you add a specific edition of a book, it can happen that other versions of those books don't appear as moochable, even if it's basically the same book (just another version). Now, I found a way around that. I imported my entire wishlist into Librarything and then set one of my columns there to show which of those books are available on Bookmooch. All of a sudden I found out that quite a lot of books that have been on my wishlist for years are actually available. Contrary to BookMooch, Librarything doesn't make any distinction between language (which is annoying), but also not between editions. You get to see all the versions that are available to mooch! People with a Librarything-account should try it. For me, it was a reason to not longer update my wishlist on Bookmooch. I keep everything up-to-date on Librarything now.
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Tombleweed
11 years ago
4 comments
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Choose Language
It's possible I discussed this point before, but recently I added a lot of books in my inventory. dutch books, that have to be hand-entered, even though there are some great titles there (Visit from the Goon Squad e.g.). The stupid thing is that, because I've hand-entered these books, they don't appear in the list when you browse through the Dutch books. It's annoying, cause now people have to accidentally end up on my profile, then check my inventory, and then find it. There should be an easier way to do that. Just be able to set the language when you hand-enter a book (because that's mostly for non-English books, I imagine), or provide (Like Librarything.com) a Dutch database.
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Tombleweed
12 years ago
1 comment
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Books in my wishlist that are available
Lately i've noticed that though some books from my wishlist are available, they don't show up in my wishlist. I guess it has to do with different versions, (even though there is the related edition-option). I found out when i searched an author's name and saw a book show up that has been on my wishlist for years. That way, a lot of books available out there, don't get mooched because books are not found. I know BM is thinking of doing something about the database, and I think it's very urgent. I've said it before, but it's an awful mess that scares off people who are not regular moochers. What do you guys think?
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Tombleweed
12 years ago
7 comments
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Choose Language
It should be easier if hand-entering a book to set the language the book's published in. Right now, I don't see any option for doing that. Or am I missing something? Especially with the focus on an international mooch-audience, this seems like a valid suggestion... What do you think?
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Tombleweed
13 years ago
4 comments
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