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James [bkkeepr] set one of James [bkkeepr]'s replies as an official response to "how do i get a bkkeeper username?" in bkkeepr

James [bkkeepr] replied on September 13, 2008 12:58 to the question "how do i get a bkkeeper username?" in bkkeepr:

Hey zoltancsaki - you need to be using Twitter (http://twitter.com) - the username is actually a Twitter username, not specifically a bkkeepr one.

Follow the instructions here: http://bkkeepr.com/how

James

James [bkkeepr] replied on August 15, 2008 08:20 to the discussion "What Library app / Social Network are you using?" in bkkeepr:

@Eyloni - can you tell me which book you were trying to add? That Amazon ASIN doesn't look valid, but I'll look into it...

James [bkkeepr] replied on July 31, 2008 10:50 to the idea "abandon" in bkkeepr:

Hey - just wanted to follow up on this one - which I totally agree with.

There are some issues around how we record and display books abandoned in this way, but it's certainly on the list...

James [bkkeepr] set one of James [bkkeepr]'s replies as an official response to "d bkkeepr ISBN nick start = add NICK for each book to switch easily" in bkkeepr

James [bkkeepr] replied on July 31, 2008 10:48 to the idea "d bkkeepr ISBN nick start = add NICK for each book to switch easily" in bkkeepr:

Hi wembley -

It's an interesting idea, but I do feel it's just substituting one arbitrary piece of information (the nick) for another (the ISBN) and it would still be pretty easy to get the nick wrong - forgetting whether you'd called War And Peace 'warandpeace' or just 'warpeace' for example.

While fiddly, the ISBN is at least consistent, and always in front of you. I'm always looking for ways to simplify the process, and although I don't think this is quite it, I'll keep doing so...

Thanks for the kind words, and glad you like the service.

James

James [bkkeepr] replied on July 30, 2008 12:13 to the discussion "What Library app / Social Network are you using?" in bkkeepr:

@eyloni - nice one, and it's done :)

Search is a little complicated, but you can now add a book to bookmooch directly from books pages. More info: http://tinyurl.com/6zhswl

Cheers guys! It's been a bit quiet recently, but have some interesting developments on the way...

James [bkkeepr] set one of James [bkkeepr]'s replies as an official response to "Updated badges/RSS feeds" in bkkeepr

James [bkkeepr] replied on June 26, 2008 17:55 to the idea "Updated badges/RSS feeds" in bkkeepr:

Hello - thanks for this.

I'm not planning on changing the badge now as people have it on their blogs, but I'll think about adding another badge option.

Your RSS suggestion is a good one, and I'll look into implementing it, and try and notify you when (if!) I do.

James [bkkeepr] set one of James [bkkeepr]'s replies as an official response to "Extending bkkeeper to other documents (e.g. papers) using the DOI?" in bkkeepr

James [bkkeepr] replied on June 26, 2008 17:52 to the idea "Extending bkkeeper to other documents (e.g. papers) using the DOI?" in bkkeepr:

Hi Alec -I'm aware of DOI, but this is a bit out of bkkeepr's remit at the moment - keeping it nice and small and focussed. It'll go on the list of things to think about though.

James [bkkeepr] replied on June 26, 2008 17:50 to the discussion "What Library app / Social Network are you using?" in bkkeepr:

Jeff - It's been there from the start. Just log in to LT, then hit 'Add to LT' on a books page (e.g. http://bkkeepr.com/books/9780753823798) or click the little '+'s on your user page.

James [bkkeepr] replied on June 12, 2008 09:50 to the idea "Deleting entries and following other readers" in bkkeepr:

The problem here is authentication. Bkkeepr doesn't do logins, as this would massively complicate the site (I'm not *really* a coder, I just hack around), so there's no way of bkkeepr knowing (atm) who you are, and what records to delete.

At some point in the future, it may be possible to send a DM from Twitter saying delete the last message, and I'm going to start thinking about how to implement this. For the moment, I'm afraid it's just a bit fast and loose. I myself have done the ISBN thing several times, and although I hoped it would be easier, I now include the ISBN every time to be sure.

With regards to following other people, you won't be able to do this on bkkeepr exactly, but I'm working on doing something with your Twitter followers... stay tuned (but don't hold your breath ;-).

James [bkkeepr] set one of James [bkkeepr]'s replies as an official response to "RSS feed links missing user name" in bkkeepr

James [bkkeepr] replied on June 12, 2008 09:44 to the problem "RSS feed links missing user name" in bkkeepr:

Nice catch. This has been fixed. Thanks very much!

James [bkkeepr] replied on June 11, 2008 10:12 to the question "Goodreads" in bkkeepr:

UPDATE 11/6/08: The lovely folks at Goodreads did get back to me, and suggested a direct link to a book review page would be more appropriate for logged-in users, so I've added this.

James [bkkeepr] replied on June 09, 2008 15:53 to the discussion "Welcome!" in bkkeepr:

Thanks. I'll take it from here...

James [bkkeepr] set one of James [bkkeepr]'s replies as an official response to "People who are reading similar stuff?" in bkkeepr

James [bkkeepr] replied on June 09, 2008 15:49 to the idea "People who are reading similar stuff?" in bkkeepr:

Hey Tom - if you can find me a 'similar books' API, I'll do it, but this is *really* hard to code (see the rubbishness of Amazon recommendations). When bkkeepr grows some more, it may be possible to do a bit of cross-referencing, but I'll probably leave this to the grown-up web apps.

Do what I do, and use bkkeepr to keep your LibraryThing account up to date, and LT will do all the heavy lifting in this area.

Thanks for the kind comments.

James [bkkeepr] replied on June 09, 2008 15:41 to the idea "Sharing books" in bkkeepr:

Hey Phae - This is a pretty cool idea, but it's a bit far out of bkkeepr's scope at the moment, which I'm keeping firmly on a personal reading track.

If I think of a way to do it easily, I might. Likewise your Tesco's idea :)