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Online general-interest book databases are bibliographic databases intended primarily for general rather than academic use, and are often constructed in a way resembling social networking sites. Some of the most important ones are discussed below.
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The Internet Book Database (IBookDB) is an online database with information about books and authors with an added social networking component. It was started as an effort to be the IMDb equivalent for books. It currently contains information on over 77,000 books (over 237,000 ISBNs), 21,000 authors and 2,100 series making it one of the largest online databases of author and book information. Unique features include finding historical publication information for books using their \'Other Versions\' feature on every book page. They also provide price comparisons.
Registered users can catalog and manage their book collections online, find users with similar books, authors or series\'. They can also rate and review books in addition to Tagging them. Users can also rate and tag authors and series\'. Other features offered include showing random books from users catalogs on their websites, blogs or on their pages on social networking sites, and search other book databases. IBookDB also holds a monthly giveaway in which they giveaway around 10 books each month to users of the site, most of which are signed by the authors.
IBookDB also offers services to authors such as hosting their official forums for free, getting their books listed, updating their Biography and other book publicity services, providing a platform for authors and readers to connect. Currently IBookDB hosts the Official Forums for several authors, including Paul Levine, Susan McBride, Becky Garrison, Kristina O\'Donnelly and Danielle Girard.
The Internet Book Database of Fiction (IBDoF) is an online database for books, mostly works of fiction. The site also hosts a message board specifically geared to the discussion of books. The Database currently holds information for over 35800 books and 4730 authors, the community consists of roughly 1330 active members who have made 123500 forum posts in over 6400 topics.
Members of the IBDoF are able to and encouraged to add books and authors to the database as well as rate and write reviews on existing books. The message board, which is now shared with the Internet Book List, includes discussion areas on some of the more popular authors in the database and also hosts official discussion boards for several authors including: Charles Pellegrino, L. E. Modesitt, Jack McDevitt, Lois McMaster Bujold, Sharon Lee and Steve Miller (joint board), Debra Doyle and James D. Macdonald (joint board), Heather Gladney, John Dalmas, Elizabeth Bear and David B. Coe.
The Internet Book List (IBList) is an online database with information about books, authors, and short stories.
The site is entirely volunteer-based and contains information on over 61,000 works including short stories (50,000 books), 18,000 authors, 4000 series, 68,000 user ratings as well as over 4000 user reviews. Users can request Editor status which allows them to enter information directly into the database. Registered users may rate and review books they have read, as well as submit books for inclusion that don\'t yet appear in the database.
The message board, which is now shared with the Internet Book Database of Fiction, includes discussion areas on some of the more popular authors in the database and also hosts official discussion boards for several authors.
The Internet Speculative Fiction Database (ISFDB) is a database of bibliographic information on science fiction and related genres such as fantasy fiction and horror fiction. As of 2008, the database contains over 46,000 author entries tracking nearly 48,000 novels and 80,000 works of short fiction. ISFDB also tracks cover art and interior illustration credits. ISFDB Statistics
The major strength of the ISFDB is its integrated approach to author information, combining variant titles, pseudonyms, series, and awards information into a single bibliography. It also contains the largest online collection of content listings to magazines published prior to 1984. Both its database and wiki are open for editing and user contributions.
Major alternatives to the ISFDB include:
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