BoingBoing pointed to a Wall Street Journal article today about a website/social network for book lovers called LibraryThing. Just as music-oriented Social Networks such as Last.FM and MOG are designed to help music lovers find new music, LibraryThing is designed to connect book lovers with each other, and above all, act as a waypoint for those who enjoy books to learn about new books (or books that are new to them).  I’ve tried to play around with LibraryThing, but the combined power of BoingBoing and the WSJ have overloaded their servers for now. However, the most interesting feature highlighted in the article is the fact that LibraryThing makes recommendations on both things someone owns vs. purchases one has made (which is how Amazon.com and others make recommendations). The most similiar recommendation system can be seen on iTunes, where users can designate that they own an item recommended to them - but you can’t add information about what you already own until it comes up as a recommendation. I like the LibraryThing idea, and how it promises an interesting way to market something as low tech books in the future (and the extra opportunity for reading recommendations!)