Best Social Media Book Sites for Authors and Readers

For many of us book lovers, we love to keep track of books we've read and easily discover new books. We also love to talk about them, and to tell others about the books that really impacted us. And as authors, we want to be in those places where others are talking about books. The good thing is that there are a lot of options in today's technological world. To make it easy for you, I've put together a list of the top ten apps, sites and social networks for book lovers.

1. GOODREADS: The biggest book site, owned by Amazon. Integrates with Kindle. Offers networking with friends, book challenges, book cataloging, giveaways.

2. LIBRARYTHING: One of the first book cataloging sites, with over 2.2M members. Networking, free book giveaways.

3. BOOKCROSSING: A book sharing site. Leave a book in the wild and look up books you find.

4. LITSY: Phone app only. An Instagram of sorts for books.  Book reviews, book photos, social networking.

5. BOOKBUB: Known mostly for eBook deals, the site has expanded to include Author book recommendations and book cataloging.

6. SHELFIE: App only. Photos of bookshelves, book recommendations, social networking.

7. SERIAL READER: App only. The classics delivered to you in bite-sized chunks in a serial format.

8. COMIXOLOGY: Subscription service to thousands of comics, graphic novels and manga.

9. LIBIB: Manage your private library of books, movies, music & video games. Power features for libraries.

10. BOOKLIKES: Manage your private library of books, movies, music & video games. Power features for libraries

You can follow me on Goodreads here! And if there is a site that you love that I missed, definitely leave me a comment and let me know. 

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