WordPress Book Exchange Plugin Equivalent?

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  1. Custom Post Types (there are several plugins in the repo for that)
  2. Custom Meta Boxes/Fields – a good library is the »RW Meta Box« set of classes
  3. Extend the search – there are several answers that show you how to do this in the [tag:search] archive.
  4. Role Management: IMHO »Members« does the job best + it’s well coded.
  5. Reducing the interface – I got an alpha stage plugin called »WP Strip Naked« for this. 1)

1) If you want, you can just take the parts that you need. If you think it’s a nice idea and maybe need it more often, just fork it and send a pull request. Happy to accept any cowork.