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I love tracking stuff, organizing things, recording accomplishments of various sorts as a way to, somehow, make them more persistent. That goes for my reading too. Way back I abandoned Goodreads because it felt outdated, cluttered, and simply bad. Literal is the opposite of Goodreads!
My reading definitely leveled up after discovering Literal - quick, clean, beautiful and easy to use. And it does exactly what I want it to - keep track of my reading, having shelves of what I want to read, and help me discover books that inspire me to read even more.
Big plus that they've got a real nice open AI, making it possible to roll your own widgets, browser extensions and what not.
It's very smooth to use compared to Goodreads. However, it's unclear how it's helping us discover new books to read - the recommendation isn't as robust and when asked to recommend, it takes you to one specific book and there is no way to ask for more.
Review of Literal
+ easy migration from goodreads (hopefully it can sync)
+ clean IA
+ eye candy with strong visuals
I am one of those who is still grieving over the demise of Readmill so Literal is great. Would love to see more people in it and see how it goes.
Brilliant for keeping track of the books you read and want to read as well as for discovery of new books. Also a happy user of the bookclub feature.
I've been using Literal as my main books tracker for about a year, and it's been amazing. An excellent Goodreads replacement, I use it weekly to ensure I track my book reading, keep up with friends reading, capture good quotes, etc. The feature set keeps growing and my shelves are always cleanly organized. Love the product and the team!
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