iTunes shared playlists for books, sort of. Or, given the tagging, a kind of bibliophile del.icio.us. Intriguing. Unfortunately, the world seems to agree: I get a raft of mySQL errors when I try to go past the blog and static pages to look at real user book catalogs, and I suspect bandwidth problems are also cropping up. I hope site developer Tim Spalding sorts the problem out soon so that he can keep moving toward his dream of reclining all day on a pile of gold.
Even with the system down, there’s a lot to learn here. For example, I didn’t know about the Library of Congress Z39.50 gateway. In the no-surprise department, at least one user reports a great deal of pleasure comes from simply entering the names and authors of books in your personal library. For some of us, that pleasure center is quite well-developed.
Thanks to audium for the link.