Kevin Smokler (Twitter)who else is planning a shift from @goodreads to @thestorygraph in the coming year? Eh, @readandbreathe ?
— Kevin Smokler (@Weegee) December 14, 2021
The StoryGraph looks like yet-another-silo in the merry-go-round of social reading sites. I prefer IndieWeb solutions like Gregor Morrill‘s (@gRegorLove) https://indiebookclub.biz/, an app/platform that posts your book reading data and updates to your own website.
Tagging Tom Critchlow (@TomCritchlow) and Ton Zijlstra (@ton_zylstra) for their thoughts and maybe an update on any recent experimentation.
I do wonder if StoryGraph are planning on making the ownership of your own data on your own site easier? That might be a reason for some buy-in.
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I’m always happy to use an #indieweb solution first. But a) I’ve no coding skill so I can’t bank on bridging that gap if needed and b) I need a social reading site to do 2-3 disparate things I don’t know if an #indieweb solution can handle.
Same. My site (a basic wordpress blog) won’t authenticate either.
Ton’s issue is very subtle (and I suspect he knows how to work around it for a fix potentially), but Kevin, it looks like your site (I’m presuming you’re using KevinSmokler.com doesn’t have the data endpoints. You’ll need the IndieAuth and Micropub plugins downloaded and installed. These should allow the app to authenticate and post on your behalf. (If I recall they should work out of the box with activation, but may have a few settings you can tinker with if you need.)
As a bonus, you’ll also then have a slew of other posting applications you can use to post content to your site. I did an overview of much of this at a WordCamp a while back if you want a video walkthrough/tutorial.
Happy to help you walk through it all if you like. I’m sure others can also help you troubleshoot in the IndieWeb WordPress chat.
It’s not a complete Goodreads replacement, but it’s a reasonable start. (And maybe Michael Beckwith will eventually release his WordPress bookshelf plugin that will replace a lot of additional functionality.)
I’m probably wrong but that sounds too complicated to pursue.
It may not have all the pieces you’re looking for or the UI just yet, but it’s getting there. Definitely something to keep your eye on.
Just tried Bookwyrm, which looks fantastic bt, far as I can tell, no exporting from Goodreads which I need. Or did I just overlook it?
Ton’s issue is very subtle, but Kevin, it looks like your site doesn’t have the data endpoints. You’ll need the IndieAuth and Micropub plugins downloaded and installed. These should allow the app to authenticate and post on your behalf.
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From the Github repo of @BookWyrmSocial, it looks like @tripofmice et al have built some Goodreads import, but I haven’t used that part personally.
You can import from a Goodreads csv, I recently updated that part of the app so it should be working quite well 🙂
It may not have all the pieces you’re looking for or the UI just yet, but it’s getting there. Definitely something to keep your eye on.
Cool man, thank you. Can part of the update be the big button that says “Import from Goodreads”?
yes, I’d be using zylstra.org/blog Thanks!