Now we can talk in BookJetty through Shoutboxes and Send Message features.

Shoutbox, I wanted an easy way where we all can talk, maybe not just talk, but more like chatting about a book.

I was considering between Comment and Shoutbox features. Both are pretty much the same, but since comments can get really long and clutter the page, I turned to shoutbox. With shoutbox, it also feels more intuitive to just shout and it takes only a small section of a page.

A shoutbox displays only the last 25 shouts. For more shouts, you can either click on All on the top right corner or click on More… at the bottom of a shout list. Would love follow up on a shoutbox? No problem, get a RSS reader, and click on RSS link for the feed URL. New shouts will be fed to your reader.

You can shout about anything, whether you love or hate this book, the book inspires you to quit your job, it’s a gift from your boyfriend, or even if you have a copy that you would like to give it for free; if someone finds it, they are lucky. Anyway, be creative and explore the shoutboxes.

Send Message, so someone is giving his book for free in a shoutbox, how do you contact him?

Easy, if you are a lady, just click his cute icon, click on Send Message link. Drop him a thank you note, say something like, ‘Hi, thanks so much for [the book], can I meet you at [MRT station] to collect the book.’ After that, lunch on you. Lovely, isn’t it?

Tip: If you have to much free time at work, click here for all shoutboxes feed URL.

UPDATE:

• Recently BookJetty was mentioned by LibraryStuff.net. The site is maintained by Steven M. Cohen, the author of Keeping Current: Advanced Internet Strategies to Meet Librarian and Patron Needs.
• Isaak Kwok, a librarian, wrote an encouraging review on BookJetty.
• Cobalt Paladin reviewed BookJetty, and suggested Chicklet, a small little icon that you can put in your blog that links to your BookJetty profile, would be nice. Coming soon CP.
• tstar, a bookaholic, wrote a short review on BookJetty.
• BookJetty was also mentioned as a mashup example in Making mashups work in the enterprise, ZDNet Asia Mobile, written by Vivan Yeo.

Thanks guys!