AdaptiveBlue invited me to try out their new widgets and functions, and after checking out their website, I couldn't find a compelling reason not to. The Post Pub now features SmartLinks, which are little boxes after book titles that, when clicked, offer up a java window interface that gives some nifty snapshot info about the book in question. Anything relatively unobtrusive that furthers online conversations about books is a-OK in my book.
Test it out -- here are the titles of the books in which I have bookmarks at the moment:
I like the fact that the plug-in allows for readers to bookmark books on their favorite social sites. However, links like "Add to Shelfari" (or Goodreads, or LibraryThing) confuse me, because isn't Shelfari meant to track the books that are already on your shelf? I'll have to give that function a trial run, to see if this is a true, useful bookmarking tool -- if it allows me to surf a blogger's site, read about a book they're reading, and with one click, add that book to my "must read next" list.
Another question: where do the Tags come from? The interface lists a series of tags ascribed to the book. I'd like to know who generates these tags. Are they gleaned from Amazon and social sites?
In any event -- a good plug-in: nice-looking, informational, and social. We'll see if it catches on.
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