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Announcing the Goodreads Android App!
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We heard you! Due to overwhelming popular demand, we've developed a new app for all you Android aficionados out there. Wander through the stacks of your local library or peruse the shelves of your favorite bookstore while simultaneously browsing Goodreads reviews. The next time you are deciding what to read, your to-read list will be handy. We're excited to make Goodreads more mobile and easier to access, and we will continue to add fun features for Android fans!
This initial version of the Android app offers:
- Check updates from your friends and those you follow
- Read friend reviews and community reviews of any book
- Manage your bookshelves
- Search our catalog of more than 8 million books
- View your profile and browse your shelves
- Find book recommendations from friends and other readers
If you own an Android device, we hope that you will give the Goodreads app a whirl. We welcome feedback, so please rate and review the app! (For iPhone users, we have an app for you too!)
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May 09, 2011 07:00AM
Excellent app :-) just needs barcode scanning!!
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If you'd add a barcode scanner for finding books, it'd be the only one needed. Now I have to use two apps :(
Great app. Only problem is no barcode scanner? :) With that it'll be one of the best apps I have
A way to scan in your books using your phone would be great, as well as an easier way to browse books.
Have already downloaded ap on my Android and works much better than what I was using before. Only thing I don't like is when I sync between Droid and computer my changes on either do not change the other. Don't like that. Have to change both to keep current. Am I doing something wrong?
YEAH! definitely gotta add the ability to scan barcodes. for now, i'll try using mybook.
I wish it would tell you a date/time for your friends updates so you know which ones you've already read :(
omg omg omg. :D with barcode scanner? pretty pretty please??
Alison wrote: "Love it so far! Any plans to add books by scanning the barcode? That would be even better!"Or integrate it with an existing barcode scanner/cover image scanner.
This is great, works so fast! I'd be happy to pay for this app.
Hurrah! Any chance that you'll be making one for Window Mobile 7?
Awesome! Thanks so much. Especially great that it's for the 1.5 Android version since I can't upgrade my phone.
ISBN barcode scanner would make this the book app I would use.
The #1 thing I want to use Goodreads for on my phone is when I'm in a bookstore, see an interesting book, and want to know if I already own it.For some reason this function is absent from the mobile web site, so I always have to use the full site on my phone, which is always difficult and a hassle. I hoped this app would let me search my books, but alas, it does not!
Please add the ability to search my own books - it's very nearly the only thing I want from the app. (Recognizing books by barcode or taking a photo of the cover, as e.g. Google Shopper does, would be slick too.)
Thanks!
Just got an Android last week, so I'm glad this app is available :) Just add the barcode scanner and I'll be a super-happy camper.
Anne & Kolya wrote: "The #1 thing I want to use Goodreads for on my phone is when I'm in a bookstore, see an interesting book, and want to know if I already own it.For some reason this function is absent from the mob..."
Within the app, you can just go to "My Books", choose to sort by Title, Author or something else, and just look down the list.
I've added all the books that I own to a Custom Shelf called "Own", and then it's just to search down the list, to see if you already own the book, or not.
You can also just search for the Books title or author in "Search Books", and there you can find the book you're looking at, then you can go to the books "page", and see your Rating, Status, and which Bookshelves you've added it to, etc.
And here it's very nice to have your own books added to a custom shelf called "Own", because then you'll just have to see whether the book is added to your "Own" bookshelf.
I've added all the books that I own to a Custom Shelf called "Own", and then it's just to search down the list, to see if you already own the book, or not.I just imagined the day I would finally have all my books entered into Goodreads. And then scrolling down the list on my mobile through all the titles. That is, a few (2? 3? 4?) thousand of them… 8-D
Thank goodness! It was driving me crazy trying to rate a book on the mobile site (browser access). This is SO much better, thanks!!!
why can i nit get this on my android device? is it only for phones and not tablets?
For the next version, could you make it so we can save settings? Every time I view my books, I switch it to the "date added" view, but it doesn't remember that setting from one time to the next.Thanks!
And, while we are at it, could you add the option to sort by a custom number on ordered shelves?
Just downloaded the app, and it keeps asking me to sign in after a scan a book or two.
I am having problems signing in in the xoom. I can type my credentials, then it processes but returns a message that I have been signed out. So I never get signed on. For now, I use the website....which I LOVE!!!
I would love to be able to scan my books, otherwise no use for the app :(
Natalie: are you using the good reads app or the goodreads Droid app? I cannot sign in to my good reads account at all. The app works fine if I don't sign in.
@Cindy - I am using the goodreads app (app posted at the top of this thread). No problems syncing with the website. Funny thing is, I could not get it to work on my android phone, would immediately sign me out. I wonder if you can only log in on one device, makes no sense, but could be the issue. Do you log in using a smartphone?
@Natalie I will try logging out of the site on the iTouch. I don't have a smartphone but I do have this loaded on the itouch. Thanks!
@Cindy - No problem. Let me know if that works. Odd issue, but might explain things.
Glad to see there is an app for this, as I just got my new phone a few days ago.Now, my friend who has an iphone (I believe) can play GR trivia. Will we have that option at some point?
This is by far the best app I have on my phone, but it would be even better if you could browse lists, edit the names of shelves, and read the new recommendations :) Thanks for everything so far, especially the bar code scanner!
Can we take the Never-ending book quiz with this app? If not, it'll be an excellent addition!
Works very well. I even did a review from my phone - only shortcoming there was I couldn't set "date read", so the book ended up moving to the end of my book list until I set the date from a computer.Having the recommendations would be nice.
Nice app. I won't use it much in the current form. The main thing I want for an app is the ability to search my library to see if I already have the book while I'm in the store. Being able to search by title or author is a major feature for me. I don't want to scroll thru a 100s of books to see if I already own a title.
Any chance of getting an alternative download location for those of us with google market access?
Im using HTC Tattoo and there is no android market on tattoos so, i have found no place that i cand download goodreads app for my phone. Please add download link here too..
Any suggestions on how to sign-out of the app? I've got my kids sharing one tablet and I can only have one of them use the app. Frustrating.
Just downloaded the app onto my droid and am soooo happy! Thank you!
Thank you so much .. Thank you thank you thank you!
