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I'm trying to transition from most webapps to desktop apps (partly due to pernicious overseas three-letter agencies), but I can't find any replacement for the book-managment site Goodreads.

I don't own any ebooks (my collection is paper-only), so from what I gather Calibri won't be much use to me; I want an app purely for cataloguing my book collection, though additional features are welcome.

Desired Features

The features that a suitable app might have (not all are strictly required):

  • Ability to add and catagorise books.
  • Access to that data, either directly or by exporting to json | md | xml.
  • Metadata download from an online metadata API (amazon, goodreads).
  • Book recommendations based on my collection.
  • Gnome integration.

Do any suitable apps available for Linux? Any app even remotely converging on these features would be helpful.

I found a similar question, but it was more specifically about Greek language integration.

What Book-Library Organizing Programs are available?

If my question needs refinement or additional information please leave a comment below.

Thanks.

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