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Open Library

Editable online catalog with user-sourced entries, metadata, cover art, and digital lending for millions of books, searchable by author, subject, or ISBN, including over one million Public Domain works available for download or borrowing via various digital formats.

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  • Tyler Shoemake reviewed Open Library  

    Open Library is surprisingly free software with many features and data. It is free and has an api, which is a plus as a dev. Really the main criticism to why this review isn't a 5/5 is that the data is a bit convoluted, many data will appear inaccurate, incomplete, or will be missing entirely. Additionally the design isn't the most polished. Otherwise, its packed with features and you should definitely give it a try.

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Top Positive Comment
Festo
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Very useful, intuitive, open source alternative to Goodreads.

Top Negative Comment
AdinanCenci
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It does not allow to filter for free/public domain books.

Tyler Shoemake
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Open Library is surprisingly free software with many features and data. It is free and has an api, which is a plus as a dev. Really the main criticism to why this review isn't a 5/5 is that the data is a bit convoluted, many data will appear inaccurate, incomplete, or will be missing entirely. Additionally the design isn't the most polished. Otherwise, its packed with features and you should definitely give it a try.

Jadiar
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I think it is the best alternative to Goodreads.

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What is Open Library?

One web page for every book ever published. It's a lofty but achievable goal.

Book database and digital lending libraryIts book information is collected from the Library of Congress, other libraries, and Amazon.com, as well as from user contributions through a Wiki-like interface.

Open Library claims to have 6 million authors and 20 million books (not works), and about one million Public Domain books are available as digitized books.

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