Ooh this is the first time I’m hearing of Shelf and I’m intrigued! I discovered Fable this year for bookclub and I adore how gorgeous the platform is. I will admit I haven’t been very good at updating my reading challenges and journals as much as I should have. I did see a reading journal at Barnes the other day and almost got it but decided not to because I realized I have SO many empty notebooks I can convert into journals.
Bookly is a great tracker, too, for those who don’t necessarily want the social aspect.
The new Kindle ColorSoft should have the same software, just in color, so no on-page annotations (except for the existing notes).
The new Kindle Scribe will allow kind-of annotations - basically in the form of sticky notes, the book text will automatically adjust around the note, so not quite like what you can do on a Kobo or a physical book. This software will also be available as an update to the 1st gen Scribes, so this feature isn’t unique to the new Scribe. Currently there aren’t any talks of bringing these features into the other Kindle models outside of Scribe.
Check out Bookhype (https://bookhype.com/). I find it to be the best Goodreads competitor for tracking reading. Pretty interface, easy to use. It lets you track REREADS and it lets you give different star ratings to different reads. It also lets you mark reviews as private. You can tag books to categorize them, like having different shelves, and the reading section is very easy to filter and search. Plus it has pretty graphs of reading stats by year and format and genre. And you can click into any year from the graph to see the books you read.
It doesn't really have the social aspect of some of the other options, but if you're looking to keep track of your reading, I think Bookhype is hands down the best. The only drawback is that they only have a web version (which is mobile friendly so looks great on small devices) but no app. The upside, though, is importing your library from Goodreads is SUPER easy. I tried it with Storygraph a year or two ago and it took DAYS and when I reached out for help they were all apologetic that it took so long but couldn't do a thing about it. I gave up and haven't tried again. Bookhype imported my library in less than an hour with no hassle. I'm totally biased but no one knows about it and it's AWESOME :)
Some really good book world apps here! I mainly use StoryGraph to keep track of what I read. Love Libby! And I’m off to check out Nettzgalley!
I’m so glad you enjoyed! Love Libby
Ooh this is the first time I’m hearing of Shelf and I’m intrigued! I discovered Fable this year for bookclub and I adore how gorgeous the platform is. I will admit I haven’t been very good at updating my reading challenges and journals as much as I should have. I did see a reading journal at Barnes the other day and almost got it but decided not to because I realized I have SO many empty notebooks I can convert into journals.
This was a great guide, Izzy!
Thank you!! Fable is so fun - one day I’d like to interact on it more but time gets away from me 🫶
Bookly is a great tracker, too, for those who don’t necessarily want the social aspect.
The new Kindle ColorSoft should have the same software, just in color, so no on-page annotations (except for the existing notes).
The new Kindle Scribe will allow kind-of annotations - basically in the form of sticky notes, the book text will automatically adjust around the note, so not quite like what you can do on a Kobo or a physical book. This software will also be available as an update to the 1st gen Scribes, so this feature isn’t unique to the new Scribe. Currently there aren’t any talks of bringing these features into the other Kindle models outside of Scribe.
Hello! Thanks for the rec - I’ll have to check out Bookly. And thank you for helping with my kindle confusion - I appreciate it!
Check out Bookhype (https://bookhype.com/). I find it to be the best Goodreads competitor for tracking reading. Pretty interface, easy to use. It lets you track REREADS and it lets you give different star ratings to different reads. It also lets you mark reviews as private. You can tag books to categorize them, like having different shelves, and the reading section is very easy to filter and search. Plus it has pretty graphs of reading stats by year and format and genre. And you can click into any year from the graph to see the books you read.
It doesn't really have the social aspect of some of the other options, but if you're looking to keep track of your reading, I think Bookhype is hands down the best. The only drawback is that they only have a web version (which is mobile friendly so looks great on small devices) but no app. The upside, though, is importing your library from Goodreads is SUPER easy. I tried it with Storygraph a year or two ago and it took DAYS and when I reached out for help they were all apologetic that it took so long but couldn't do a thing about it. I gave up and haven't tried again. Bookhype imported my library in less than an hour with no hassle. I'm totally biased but no one knows about it and it's AWESOME :)