Recently BoingBoing wrote about BookArmy. They called it a last.fm for books. The site is in public beta, so it’s a little buggy, but so far it looks promising. Like Shelfari, the site allows users to have a bookshelf online. However, unlike social book sites, BookArmy recommends books for you based on member recommendations. It refines recommendations for you based on the favorite books in a users bookshelf.
HarperCollins has a big stake in this company and it looks poised to become very popular, perhaps the Myspace of social book-sharing websites. In fact, in the forums is very lengthy discussion about Twilight author Stephenie Meyer and whether the series is a crazy fad that should go away or the author should be praised for getting the young folks reading (a la Harry Potter).
I signed up today. This is my profile. I haven’t filled out much of the info. yet, but BookArmy is definitely a site I’ll be hanging around frequently for a while. And of course, BookArmy is on Twitter @Bookarmy.
