Game the System; …? ; Profi—Oh, Wait…

Firstly, this isn't just about a steampunk thing gone awry. Goodreads is a format based upon the honor system, an equal opportunity forum and tool for users across the globe of genres and books and interests. To have anyone, especially a librarian, choose to game the system is such a slap in the face to all of the hardworking men and women who strive every day to produce, create, organize and moderate the book industry, from authors to readers to forum administrators. And it's not just within this one situation. Kate Haggard, a YA reader and writer, Tweets back to me, "Certain authors having being doing this in YA for a while, except for reviews rather than lists. Whatever happened to ethics?"