BookTagger.com - Your Virtual Library

BookTagger.com is a community that allows you to organize your book collection and meet other avid readers. Once you join the site you make a profile that lists your reading history. Your profile contains lists of the nooks you have read, borrowed, lent, and want to read. The lists include images of the book covers. You can browse through other people’s bookshelves and if you find a book you have read or that you would like to read you can drag it to your bookshelf. You can do a key word search and search for books on the site, or you can search by tags. There are also book clubs that you can join or create. Start reading new interesting books by joining a club that will expose you to new reading material. You can discuss books you have read or features on the site at the forum. You can also buy the books you see online. BookTagger.com is a great place to make new friends and organize your virtual library.

“BookTagger started off like any good journey, with a woman. Rebecca, an avid reader and fellow internet addict, could not find a free and appealing service on the internet where she could store memories of books and share them easily with family and friends. I took it as a personal challenge to implement what she was looking for. With Rebecca's continued creative input I designed a unique way of
sharing books that functions more like an application and less like the traditional internet experience. Along the way I also acquired an excellent mentor and a development partner, who I could not have completed this journey without. Like any good saga our story is just getting started.
Each BookTagger profile is a graphical representation of your physical bookshelf on the internet. The bookshelf can then be shared with friends, family and others searching for the next good read. We hope
you'll congregate into book clubs and share reading experiences. Or maybe you'll catalogue all your books and track to whom they've been lent.”

BookTagger.com has an attractive interface. The site is easy to navigate with its content well organized. The homepage features screen shots of the applications which is useful for visitors. The forum is a great feature because it allows users to discuss books they have enjoyed or disliked and the site. The book clubs are also a great idea for discussion and meeting other users.

BookTagger.com could include an events/cafe section that could list poetry readings or book signings and reviews on great bookstores and cafes. The help and FAQ section are the same, it is a bit redundant to have both sections if they have the same content. BookTagger.com could also feature a new book on its homepage every week.