A prominent author's decision to pull her novel from publication after being "review bombed" highlights Goodreads's power and raises questions about its owner: Amazon.

📚 Time to switch to BookWyrm

EDIT: Fairly incredible that this article should appear on WaPo, which is owned by amazon.

  • @[email protected]English
    2•1 year ago

    Does anyone else ignore the reviews and social media aspect of Goodreads and only use it to organize their data?

    • @[email protected]English
      1•1 year ago

      You might like StoryGraph better for that. I switched from Goodreads because I got sick of all the social aspects of the site. I just want to keep track of what I’ve read and update it so I get a Spotify Wrapped like experience for books—StoryGraph offers that.

      • @[email protected]English
        1•1 year ago

        When StoryGraph gets its api (on the roadmap). That’ll be delightful.

        I’m still bummed GoodReads discontinued their official API. (They have an undocumented GraphQL one driving parts of their site you can use. Ish.)

    • EngywuckEnglish
      1•1 year ago

      This would imply having an account on something owned by Amazon. No, thanks.