Amazon Launches Media Browser
Amazon.com has added a new way to browse all of the media you have ever purchased on their online store. It's called Your Media Library. The feature is essentially a Web 2.0 clone of the popular Delicious Library application for the Mac, with one key exception. You can't add something to the browser you didn't purchase on Amazon.com. You can browse the Your Media Library help pages here.
All of the items in your library can be tagged, searched and annotated. In my Amazon library I found books I purchased all the way back in 1997 to just a few months ago. The browser also lists items that you are eligible to read online as part of the Amazon Upgrade program, which was announced last year.
Amazon's Your Media Library has the potential to become a killer social commerce application. If they simply allow users to optionally open their the tag metadata so it aggregates into a cloud, Amazon can help customers find others who share interests and build a mini social network of book, music and movie lovers. Keep an eye on Amazon. Something tells me this is just the beginning for them. They're a sleeping Web 2.0 giant.
Some screens from my library...
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smart - i will keep an eye on the stock again.
Posted by: Howard Lindzon | Friday, May 19, 2006 at 01:30 AM
Doesn't surprise me. Amazon is kick'n a lot of tires. Trying a lot of stuff on their site. Ever since the Alexa purchase, they have been trying to figure out how to expand their sphere of influence beyond their own website.
Posted by: QuickBooksGuy (Scott) | Friday, May 19, 2006 at 02:37 AM
This is really cool and long overdue.
I think that if you find this appealing, you probably would enjoy the blueorganizer Firefox extension that we created at adaptiveblue (http://www.adaptiveblue.com)
In addition to the AMZN function, there is faster and easier UI, ability to do lots of things with objects in your collection and integration with multiple sites not just amazon.
We are seeing more and more solutions that are focusing on user collections. This is really good, because it allows our experiences online to acquire real, semantic-rich memory. And it brings us a step closer to semantic web.
Alex
Posted by: Alex Iskold | Friday, May 19, 2006 at 10:57 PM
Hi Steve,
I am one of two ex-Amazon engineers who launched BillMonk.com in mid-January. Our site helps friends manage borrowing and lending money as well as physical items like books and dvds.
We started with an emphasis on helping folks split bills, and just over a month ago launched the BillMonk Library due to popular demand. Have a look and let us know what you think.
Cheers,
Gaurav (one of the BillMonks)
Posted by: Gaurav Oberoi | Monday, May 22, 2006 at 09:04 PM
BTW, you can now add items you didn't buy at amazon.com. There's a button in the upper right corner labeled "Add title"
Posted by: R.M. | Wednesday, May 31, 2006 at 10:59 PM
definitely a move in the right direction.
Posted by: Robert Feisee | Thursday, June 29, 2006 at 04:44 PM
I like the Bill Monk library. As a financial planner I think it is very intuitive.
Robert Feisee
Posted by: Robert Feisee | Thursday, June 29, 2006 at 04:47 PM