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Add to Goodreads from Amazon.com book page bookmarklet
javascript: var asin_elements, asin;asin_elements = document.getElementsByName('ASIN'); if (asin_elements.length == 0) { asin_elements = document.getElementsByName('ASIN.0'); };if (asin_elements.length == 0) { alert('Sorry, this doesn\'t appear to be an Amazon book page.'); }else { asin = asin_elements[0].value; if (asin.match(/\D/) === null) { var x = window.open('http://www.goodreads.com/review/isbn/'+ asin, 'add_review'); } else { var x = window.open('https://www.goodreads.com/search?q='+ asin); } x.focus();}
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@csababorzasi Thanks. I don't currently have time to create one for LibraryThing, as I don't use it so would have to get familiar with it, but I imagine it would have a similar method for finding books, so it should be relatively easy to modify the script. Let me know how you go.

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Hi @lightningdb, finally I was able to do it and it works fine, see code below. I just changed the links, that's it. First I used the links reverse that's why I didn't get it. Thanks again for making the code available, it's a great help!

javascript: var asin_elements, asin;
asin_elements = document.getElementsByName('ASIN');
if (asin_elements.length == 0) {
asin_elements = document.getElementsByName('ASIN.0');
};
if (asin_elements.length == 0) {
alert('Sorry, this doesn't appear to be an Amazon book page.');
} else {
asin = asin_elements[0].value;
if (asin.match(/\D/) === null) {
var x = window.open('https://www.librarything.com/addbooks' + asin, 'add_review');
} else {
var x = window.open('https://www.librarything.com/addbooks?search=' + asin);
}
x.focus();
}

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Terrific! Glad you were able to make something work :)

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This wasn't working for me with Kindle books kept loading goodreads and saying Page Unavailable An unexpected error occurred. We will investigate this problem as soon as possible — please check back soon! So I changed the following URLs and seems to be working now. Tested on Kindle, Paperback and Hardback and goodreads loads each time.

Changed:

var x = window.open('https://www.goodreads.com/search?q='+ asin);

To:

var x = window.open('https://www.goodreads.com/book/isbn?isbn='+ asin);

Working Bookmarklet:

javascript: var asin_elements, asin;asin_elements = document.getElementsByName('ASIN'); if (asin_elements.length == 0) { asin_elements = document.getElementsByName('ASIN.0'); };if (asin_elements.length == 0) { alert('Sorry, this doesn\'t appear to be an Amazon book page.'); }else {  asin = asin_elements[0].value;  if (asin.match(/\D/) === null) { var x = window.open('http://www.goodreads.com/review/isbn/'+ asin, 'add_review'); } else { var x = window.open('https://www.goodreads.com/book/isbn?isbn='+ asin); } x.focus();}

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Awesome, thanks @SirGryphin

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