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Home of the Book Genome Project. Your Book Library. 10 Excellent Communities for Book Lovers. When I was working on the post entitled The Best 10 Places to Find and Download e-Books, I singled out some websites that were supposed to be featured in that list and sat them aside. I noticed that these website deserve their own post because they offer something different . These are basically platforms where there is much of social interaction to them than others. In other words, they are like the traditional book clubs where readers would meet and discuss the books they have read. However, this digital version is different in that it is asynchronous and has no temporal or geographical boundaries.

The websites below are great for those who are looking for some suggestions on what to read, reviews of what other people have read, sharing with others interesting titles, and getting to know and meet other bookish people. 1- Good Reads This is my favourite book community. 2- Online Book Club 3- Library Thing LibraryThing is an online service to help people catalogue their books easily. The Book Geek - Blog For Book Lovers.

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