What do you like most about BookWyrm? Which features do you use most frequently?

Been using BookWyrm for a few months. I add books to my shelves and track reading progress, mostly.

I loved it when I realised that it just lets me add all random books and edit data from the get-go. The service may not have all of the books I have, but I can just add them.

Are there any features or interactions that you find frustrating or unintuitive? What features do you think are missing or could be improved?

BookWyrm absolutely needs far better abilities to split/merge/consolidate author and book information and do more of the Librarian Stuff. The current system of “you can bring in data and stuff just sits there on its own” is nice if you want to manage a personal library and track individual book progress, but a well-maintained book database is an entirely different beast, and pretty much mandatory for enabling more social stuff.

Also, the ability to import book information from sources is nice, but could use some more integration to a whole lot of other places. I really loved LibraryThing’s integration to bazillion different library services.

One minor quibble I have about BookWyrm is that there’s still the notion of “shelves” and that one book can be on one shelf and different editions of one book don’t count. This is good for casual use - “oh yeah I read this one” - but it’s not enough for true book nerdery. I may have a physical, ebook and audiobook edition of one work in multiple languages and the UI doesn’t show me that yes, I own/have borrowed these exact editions and I have reading activity on this and that and that one.

On that note, yeah, should also have some kind of labeling system for individual editions, along the lines of “I own a copy of this and I’ve stored this in the closet” vs “Borrowed this off the library” vs “I had this one, before the drama queen of an author removed it from Kindle”.

How do you feel about the interface (design, readability, navigation)?

It was a little bit confusing at first, but once I got over the initial weirdness I realised it wasn’t that much harder to use than, say, Goodreads. I don’t really have much complaints at this point. It’s good at what it does.

Do you mainly use BookWyrm on a mobile device or on a computer? And why?

Book nerdery is a big girl thing so I use computer for this. The mobile UI is adequate but could use a dedicated app.

Do you also use other platforms (e.g., Goodreads, StoryGraph, LibraryThing)? If yes, what makes you prefer one over the other?

I used LibraryThing long ago, and Goodreads more recently, both with librarian privileges (i.e. ability to edit data, which BookWyrm gives you from the get-go). I think Goodreads is pretty good at what it does, but it did have some mild jank, and of course, I always got the impression that I was doing unpaid labour for Bezos. So I think I’ll go with BookWyrm in the long run, thanks.

It’s decent for something small but the rampant duplication of books sort of ruins the experience.

Like there aren’t many users so if we have 12 copies on the same book each with between 0 and 2 reviews it sucks when we could instead have one copy with pretty metadata and 15 reviews and some discussion.

You can help fix this manually but this is really more of a structural issue that needs fixing.

I have tried Bookwyrm (two years ago and now) but the database is lacking in entries, and adding new entries feels tedious and confusing to me. (I feel like I am 90% user from 90-9-1 rule) (“sortuj według tytułu:” - “sort by title:” is required but doesn’t explain what it means.)

I didn’t interact with anything more as I would use it mostly for tracking.

The top blue bar is defenetely something of design choice that feel amateurish. (Mobile)

• What do you like most about BookWyrm? Which features do you use most frequently?

I bounced back due to database stuff. I Also remeber that database wasn’t federated 2 years ago and that is dealbreaker, IDK if that changed.

• Are there any features or interactions that you find frustrating or unintuitive?

Adding new book to database.

• What features do you think are missing or could be improved?

DB federation.

• How do you feel about the interface (design, readability, navigation)?

It’s alright for a Linux user used to janky UIs. Top blue bar needs to go, feels like wasted space. The footnote is too big.
In “my books” there isn’t compact view. Everything has a lot of margins. I don’t like horizontal sliders with more menu options that aren’t visible. (At least there is an indicator unlike image toolbox.)

• Do you mainly use BookWyrm on a mobile device or on a computer? And why?

Mobile as I can’t be bothered to open it on big screen.

• Do you also use other platforms (e.g., Goodreads, StoryGraph, LibraryThing)? If yes, what makes you prefer one over the other?

I tried goodreads and storygraph. goodreads forced frequent mobile app updates so I didn’t use it. Storygraph has multiple entries for multiple editions so it’s also a no. I think I will try lubimyczytac.pl as that’s one I didn’t test yet. Never heard of LibraryThing.

• If you’ve never used BookWyrm, what’s holding you back? And conversely, what might encourage you to use it regularly?

Good Database

Thank you for contributing your time and expertise to improve UI/UX of open source.

•	What do you like most about BookWyrm? Which features do you use most frequently?

Don’t use it because it looks dated, like a 1995 website as it’s well lacking an app that conforms to the OS’s UI/UX

•	Are there any features or interactions that you find frustrating or unintuitive?

It takes more than one click to add a book to my default list

•	What features do you think are missing or could be improved?

Adding books I’ve read with a single press

•	How do you feel about the interface (design, readability, navigation)?

Feels extremely dated

•	Do you mainly use BookWyrm on a mobile device or on a computer? And why?

**Mobile because it makes scanning barcodes easier. **

•	Do you also use other platforms (e.g., Goodreads, StoryGraph, LibraryThing)? If yes, what makes you prefer one over the other?

Goodreads, has an app, doesn’t feel dated, larger library of books.