It looks like Goodreads is losing the confidence of publishers, according to The Guardian, because of problems like review bombing. As one author quoted in that article puts it: “In the last couple of years, because there’s been so many dumpster fires on Goodreads, it’s pretty evident now to publishers that this isn’t a platform that they can trust 100%.”
I have asked Goodreads to take down a couple of erroneous entries. They said the same thing—once it's up, it's up, that's our policy. It's a funny way to run a candy shop.
Lev, I do not believe comments to GoodReads Mgmt are taken seriously at all.
A child predator and convicted felon has an account there.
I know Peter's background very well because I once had him ejected from my poetry critique group.
Incredible that he once taught vulnerable teenage boys at Oxford.
Yes, he has served time in prison in Britain and the charges reported from his trial were daunting and horrifying. He refused to admit at his trial that grooming boys was wrong and neither was making and "collecting" (and selling) images of them, etc.
My information about Peter -- with ample links -- was not replied to.
Shortly after my report, his name was "suggested" to me as a GoodReads connection! WTF?
A bit more serious than reporting an incorrect Eliot quote ----- but the outcome was the same and there you have it.
Wish I had known this about Goodreads before posting my new book on the site. I got a "meh" review by someone who posted three weeks before the book was available. When I contacted Goodreads, they replied, saying, "We allow posts in anticipation of books." Whaat? Thank you for writing about this menace in the publishing world.
I stopped using Goodreads about the same time you did, Lev. I am not a huge fan of reading challenges and I just didn't find it useful, either as a reader or a writer.
I have asked Goodreads to take down a couple of erroneous entries. They said the same thing—once it's up, it's up, that's our policy. It's a funny way to run a candy shop.
Lev, I do not believe comments to GoodReads Mgmt are taken seriously at all.
A child predator and convicted felon has an account there.
I know Peter's background very well because I once had him ejected from my poetry critique group.
Incredible that he once taught vulnerable teenage boys at Oxford.
Yes, he has served time in prison in Britain and the charges reported from his trial were daunting and horrifying. He refused to admit at his trial that grooming boys was wrong and neither was making and "collecting" (and selling) images of them, etc.
My information about Peter -- with ample links -- was not replied to.
Shortly after my report, his name was "suggested" to me as a GoodReads connection! WTF?
A bit more serious than reporting an incorrect Eliot quote ----- but the outcome was the same and there you have it.
Once upon a time, it was a great (and useful) site. Everything went downhill quickly once Amazon acquired it.
Wish I had known this about Goodreads before posting my new book on the site. I got a "meh" review by someone who posted three weeks before the book was available. When I contacted Goodreads, they replied, saying, "We allow posts in anticipation of books." Whaat? Thank you for writing about this menace in the publishing world.
When I switched to StortGraph this January they had so many new accounts that they had shut down for a couple days. Anyway I haven’t missed GR.
I stopped using Goodreads about the same time you did, Lev. I am not a huge fan of reading challenges and I just didn't find it useful, either as a reader or a writer.