Shelving Shelfari - at least for now

It's probably due to my familiarity and fondness for Amazon that I wanted to like Shelfari the most.  The truth is, I found the process of adding books cumbersome and although I liked the visual aspects of the site I don't see myself using it for either personal use or school use. 

There is undoubtedly a great amount of information, activity, and community building on the site.  The book shelf visual is beautiful, but not enough to make me want to use the site regularly.  I know that some school libraries update a shelf with new books and that this provides a link to reviews and suggested readings for patrons...I like this idea, but am unsure if this would be kept current in my library (with only 20% library time, you have to use your time very, very wisely!!!).  Perhaps this would be a good role for a student volunteer?  Hmmmm.

 Pros

•  Beautiful layout 
• Intuitive design, particularly useful for people who are familiar with Amazon.com
• Very active community
• Offers links to friends with social media
• Links to purchases on Amazon.com
• Can share your shelf on your blog (can be a pro or a con, depending on if you like to share!!)

Cons

• The window for adding new books is a very cumbersome process, too many details required
• Schools/school divisions may question the link with the business Amazon.com