Here’s a great way to let your readers know what’s in your book library — from what you’ve read to what you are reading now. The Now Reading plugin gives the writer the ability to document your library of books — or books that relate to your blog topic.
From the author’s site:
Now Reading is an expansive WordPress plugin which allows you to maintain a virtual library of books. Display which you’ve read, which you’re currently reading, and which you plan to read; add metadata to describe them; write reviews detailing what you thought of them. Now Reading fetches its data from any Amazon domain, so all you need is an ISBN or book title and you’re good to go.
Now Reading shows up in you sidebar on your blog and then can take you to a complete page on your site that shows your books as links within these categories.
I’ve been planning on having a “book” page related to the content of my blog so that others can see what I’ve been reading and have read. I was going to do it manually, but this allows for nice, tight control and consistency in the information presented.
This plugin has been downloaded over 16,000 times. How I missed it, I’ll never know. Hat tip: Alison Kent and her article Book Heaven!
Scot
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