{"id":25644,"date":"2021-12-29T16:26:08","date_gmt":"2021-12-30T00:26:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/?p=25644"},"modified":"2022-03-07T09:47:43","modified_gmt":"2022-03-07T17:47:43","slug":"non-amazon-book-tracking-and-buying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2021\/12\/29\/non-amazon-book-tracking-and-buying\/","title":{"rendered":"Non-Amazon Book Tracking and Buying"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:1542,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/app.thestorygraph.com&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20260223191840\\\/https:\\\/\\\/app.thestorygraph.com\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-02 20:42:42&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-02 20:42:42&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:1543,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/app.thestorygraph.com\\\/profile\\\/djwudi&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20260226100015\\\/https:\\\/\\\/app.thestorygraph.com\\\/profile\\\/djwudi&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-02 20:42:43&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-09 01:14:44&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-24 02:55:51&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-31 02:23:44&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403}],&quot;broken&quot;:true,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-31 02:23:44&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:1544,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/bookshop.org&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20260211093346\\\/https:\\\/\\\/bookshop.org\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-02 20:42:45&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-16 22:41:36&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-20 23:04:41&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-29 16:15:46&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403}],&quot;broken&quot;:true,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-29 16:15:46&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:1545,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.powells.com&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20260223184121\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.powells.com\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-02 20:42:46&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-02 20:42:46&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:403},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>Two small steps away from relying on Amazon for bookish needs:<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m moving my book tracking away from Goodreads in favor of <a href=\"https:\/\/app.thestorygraph.com\">The StoryGraph<\/a>. Not quite as full featured (yet), but gaining features, and doesn&#8217;t pump your data into Amazon&#8217;s systems. And if you don&#8217;t want to lose your Goodreads data, no worries! The StoryGraph can import it. <a href=\"https:\/\/app.thestorygraph.com\/profile\/djwudi\">Here&#8217;s my profile<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For a while now, I&#8217;ve been ordering new books from <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\">Bookshop.org<\/a>, which allows you to to choose an independent bookstore (ideally, one near you) to get a cut of every purchase you make. 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