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[Ije the Devourer of Books]

well after all that fuss about using Amazon data Goodreads and Amazon have made up!! I hope it won't change how Goodreads works and the different reading communities that we can join here.

[Beck]

Oh man...I took the night off from housework and it looks like a giant picked the house up and shook it...who knew that 5 kids, 2 dogs, 2 cats and 2 rats could make so much mess in 1 night!

[Tj]

Awww, Beck, I'm annoyed for you:(

[Beck]

There is a ratty playground set up in my DINING room!

[A.B.]

Aves wrote: "Mark wrote: "Hi guys, sorry to completely go off at a tangent, but just got this news on Twitter. If you feel like complaining than take a look at this. http://www.goodreads.com/blog/show/41......"

Totally pissed off about this too, Aves. I see it primarily as a ploy to keep Kobo and Nook and the ePub format down.

The people who started GR and relied on volunteers and reader to build and refine their brand look to be making a low 8digit amount from the sale.

I hate Amazon and DRM. I never buy from there unless I have to. I hate monopolies. In fact I am SUPER PISSED OFF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Should we dedicate a thread to this?

[Goesta]

Lets. I just deleted all my creative writing from GR. I'm a total noob author and not in a position to understand precisely what the intellectual property right situation is now, or even what it was before. No longer sure whether I should participate in story events. Feeling totally Fubar.

And yeah, I'm a Kobo. And I will continue to read the books I buy (only for free, the prices aren't that different) on A on my Kobo. So there.

I really have no beef with A. I'm way too naive for that. I order a lot of stuff there. But this suddenly scares me almost as much as if Google had just bought GR. Now there's a nightmare scenario.

[Goesta]

Maybe it was an illusion, but before, there was at least an appearance of neutrality behind GR, and the focus seemed to be the members. I came here originally because I wanted to read book reviews that hadn't been skewed by idiots and hater campaigns. Suddenly all that's somehow changed, even though we're all the same people. Is there anything we can (or even need to) do to keep this place the way it was?

Maybe I'm totally over-reacting. AMZ probably doesn't care a whit about what we do on the playground here, they just want a bigger review database. Until the ads show up. And top lists get manipulated around a bit. And I start getting Amaspam in my mailbox. And my ramblings show up in an anthology I didn't know anything about. Under another name. Or?

[[deleted user]]

A.B. wrote: "Should we dedicate a thread to this? ."

I'm P.O."d that in the picture of Otis and Elizabeth in the official Goodreads blog announcement at http://www.goodreads.com/blog/show/41... look like they just won the lottery. What am I saying? They did just win the lottery! After being bought out by Amazon they are stinking rich zillionaires now.

A.B., Underneath the announcement in the GR blog did you read all the negative comments interspersed there? Did you get a load of how upset some people are? Sure we can start a thread here. I can put one someplace if people really want to complain about it a lot.

[Jerry]

1984
Doesn't it feel like this is really happening?

[Jerry]

Ant to top it off, I got sick on a job site yesterday and had the fly home (only 1 hour) but it was bumpy so no bathroom break. I've been home all day not ale to do much but not tired enough to sleep. Ugh.

[A.B.]

If I have to buy books from Amazon, I convert them in Calibre to read on my Kobo. I dislike being forced into certain format.
It reminds me too much of the VHS/Beta fiasco and everyone knows that Beta was the better version.
Sigh.
Why does history have to keep repeating itself? What's wrong with choice?

[[deleted user]]

Jerry wrote: "Ant to top it off, I got sick on a job site yesterday and had the fly home (only 1 hour) but it was bumpy so no bathroom break. I've been home all day not ale to do much but not tired enough to sle..."

I am very upset to learn Jerry isn't feeling well. I wish there was something I could do. Sending you healing thoughts and warm hugs.

[Goesta]

Well, thanks to the big C (and its little helper), we have choice. ;)

[Goesta]

More free hugs from cuddly green rock monsters, or whatever LL called me once, for darling Jerry! xxxxxxxxxxxxx

[[deleted user]]

Goesta wrote: "...cuddly green rock monsters, or whatever LL called me once..."

Dang Mr. G, I've called you so many things it's hard to remember. I regret that you were the most pleased when I called you crazy and you responded with gratitude that finally somebody understood you.
:-)

[Kendra]

Goesta wrote: "Lets. I just deleted all my creative writing from GR. I'm a total noob author and not in a position to understand precisely what the intellectual property right situation is now, or even what it wa..."

Someone said something about how Amazon bought IMDB and nothing changed on there and I have to disagree. We don't have cable because I was tired of paying for a crap ton of channels when we only watched maybe 5 of them on aregular basis. So I would watch the one show that I liked through IMDB when it became available 24 hours after airing. However, after Amazon bought it, guess what? There was now a fee to watch the episode. Luckily I was able to watch it on the networks' website but, no fee before Amazon owned, fee after Amazon bought.

So, what does that make me think is going to happen to all of the wonderful stories people post on here that are currently free? How many authors complain that they can put a story up on ARe or Smashwords for free but have to charge a minimum of .99 cents in order to have it on Amazon?

The response from, I think Patrick, that they aren't "expecting" changes wasn't very reassuring.

[A.B.]

Up to you about the separate thread Lucas. I'm still wading through the 19 pages of comments and it keeps growing. One linked it to an article that had this at the bottom:

"Disclosure: Goodreads is backed by True Ventures, a venture capital firm that is an investor in the parent company of GigaOM/paidContent."

Now, I'm not up to speed with all things commercial, but that makes it sound as if Elizabeth and Otis didn't "own" Goodreads and that it's possible this Venture company was instrumental in the sale. Much like a Manager touting his professional footballer around to the highest bidder.

[A.B.]

And this bit: "As for specific design of [the links], we’ll see, but we really think about it from the user perspective. If users really want those links [to other retailers], then those links will probably still be there.”"
So, they can say if every Nook or Kobo owner doesn't jump up and down that no one cared....

[justanya]

Not Happy Amazon purchased my safe Haven (GR). At all.

[Aves]

What I wrote on the goodreads sale to amazon thread:

Interesting that this announcement should come out on Maundy Thursday, the Thursday before Good Friday, the day that commemorates Jesus' Last Supper in the Christian calendar.

Eat up everyone, before goodreads.com gets crucified at the altar of amazon.com. Unlike Jesus on Easter Sunday however, I'm not so sure the resurrected goodreads will be anything to rejoice about.

Sorry for getting carried away with my religious holiday-thing. As a good Catholic family, I never got to do the whole Easter bunny thing when I was growing up. The Easter season was a litany of Hell, with the nadir being reached on Good Friday. No playing, no eating candy, no leaving the house, no watching TV, no reading, no doing anything fun, no anything, because this was the day Jesus "died for our sins". Just praying, all friggin' day.

[Kendra]

Oh Aves. I love it :-) Oh, wait, hmmm...complain, complain, nag, nag...does that suffice?

[Ije the Devourer of Books]

Aves wrote: "What I wrote on the goodreads sale to amazon thread:

Interesting that this announcement should come out on Maundy Thursday, the Thursday before Good Friday, the day that commemorates Jesus' Last S..."

Aves, Love the way you brought the Easter season together with the sale of Goodreads. I must use it as a sermon illustration, maybe a complaining and moaning sermon about corporate greed and the evils of monopoly (something like that).

:)

But sorry to hear you had such a ghastly Easter as a child. :(

Hate to rub it in but as an Anglican mine was fun and it was all about hot cross buns on Good Friday and chocolate on Easter Sunday. (Yay) I had a lovely time :) Maybe it went too far in the other direction though.

Alas now I am a priest it is all different and involves sermons, services and really achy feet and no time to guzzle hot cross buns although I will send my son to buy Hagen Daz and I must have chocolate. My feet are killing me and I have a 3 hour service today.

(This last sentence is my complaint so that I comply with the rules)

[Roger]

Kendra wrote: "Someone said something about how Amazon bought IMDB and nothing changed on there and I have to disagree. We don't have cable because I was tired of paying for a crap ton of channels when we only watched maybe 5 of them on aregular basis. So I would watch the one show that I liked through IMDB when it became available 24 hours after airing. However, after Amazon bought it, guess what? There was now a fee to watch the episode. ..."

I'm fed up that I didn't know you could watch stuff via IMDB, I'm not even sure you can watch stuff via IMDB in England, but I know one thing, Four-five years back, when researching IMDB I could access a large database of information, where it existed, down to detail of FX crews, dates of location uses, etc. Now, post Amazon's acquisition of IMDB, after the bare info, hit for more detail and you have to pay/subscribe.

[Ije the Devourer of Books]

I am annoyed to hear that this cold weather in the UK may last until the end of April!!!

[[deleted user]]

I'm afraid of how much Amazon will change GR GR is now fine and everyone can share their book reviews and authors can write stories for free, all this will change when amazon will influence this and we now have to pay to be on the GR. There are many questions and no one present to users for new guidelines. I hope that GR gets the biggest influence and not change things. 

They have probably done on purpose to send message in Easter, which will worry all of us who are using GR. 

They have patent on many things amazon and I do not hope the will destroy all what GR have done and what all GR users like/love with GR, books, review, updates and new published books, books that will be published in the future etc.

I hate to wake up in pain, early in the morning at 6.15 and not get any good sleep, headace :-( I do not have much energy anymore and my mom will be driving with me to the hospital on Thursday and I stay at home with my parents until I can start my biological medicine,because I am so weak and have not the energy to having to cook, without them I would not get much down of food.

I want to be happy today because I will make dinner today and my mom is my assistent in the kitchen, there we make lamb with with garlic, baked potatoes, salad and sauce. Then we'll see "Olsenbanden" where we laugh and smile. Cosy and fun. 

Sorry that it was so long, hate that there is so many things to think about *grrr*

[Ije the Devourer of Books]

Helle wrote: "I'm afraid of how much Amazon will change GR GR is now fine and everyone can share their book reviews and authors can write stories for free, all this will change when amazon will influence this an..."


I agree. I hope we wont start seeing sneaky charges. I bought a 'free' game for my Kindle Fire. The game isnt made by Amazon, some other company designed it. I was enjoying the game only to realise after reaching some of the higher levels that you have to pay to really enjoy the game, so you have to buy extra lives or extra weapons etc etc
I hope Amazon wont start doing similar sneaky charges here.

[Macky]

I'm worried that we will have to start watching our P's & Q's on general things now. I used to post reviews on Amazon but stopped and came to GR because on here you can do so much more with them and be totally truthful.... On Amazon you could spend precious time on your review only to find that they wouldn't post it because you used the word " ass" or something as tame as that. The community on Amazon is a lot " stiffer" than here and I fear the rules and regs of a large corporation will do the same to GR. the beauty of an independent site is that its community has more freedom therefore a much more friendly atmosphere.... I love my friends on GR and on here but I don't want to have to think before I post for fear of " breaking rules! " and I don't mean our lovely Lucas' most important complaining ones which are totally awesome because they still allow us some leeway for some fun which is of course terribly annoying! Harrumph. ! Plus I would hate to think that GR will just become another big storefront for Amazon and to be honest I do buy from them and I have a kindle but I also buy from a lot more publishers and book sites too. Anyhoo ... I guess we could be getting worked up about things for nothing, but then I also suspect we aren't! Grrr Argh.

[Danni]

I wish to complain that my brain is so stuffed full with naked men that l haven't got a hope in hell of getting my head round what's going on with the whole Amazon/GR thing. I'm just going to go for the burying my head in the sand approach although l may pop up for air (and to check out the fitties on the beach) every now and then.

Helle, l hope that your day does turn out to be cosy and fun. It sounds lovely.

[Macky]

Danni wrote: "I wish to complain that my brain is so stuffed full with naked men that l haven't got a hope in hell of getting my head round what's going on with the whole Amazon/GR thing. I'm just going to go f..."

I'm gutted that naked men are in Danni's head and because she's mentioned it they're now in mine! How terrible ... I must now try and think of Easter bunnies frolicking in a field of brightly coloured Easter eggs full of chocolatey goodness and naked men covered in that chocolate, rolling down the grassy hill wrestling each other and licking...... Mmmmmm scat little bunnies, scat!!

@ Helle... Have fun today sweetie and I really hope you have as pain free a day as you can. Happy Easter everyone!

[Macky]

Cmbwey wrote: "Macky wrote: "Danni wrote: "I wish to complain that my brain is so stuffed full with naked men that l haven't got a hope in hell of getting my head round what's going on with the whole Amazon/GR th..."

Kicking Cmbwey in the nads for pushing me away! Hah! Take that you woman pushing fiend...... :DDDD

[Aves]

Cmbwey wrote: "Pushing Macky out of the way...where are they?"

*Running over Macky's back and rushing up on Cmbwey and clubbing him below the knees*
Yeah, where are they?!

[Macky]

Aves wrote: "Cmbwey wrote: "Pushing Macky out of the way...where are they?"

*Running over Macky's back and rushing up on Cmbwey and clubbing him below the knees*
Yeah, where are they?!"

Kicking Cmbwey in the nads, bitch slapping Aves and pulling his hair..... Hands off you two they're mine all mine muahahahaha!!

[Danni]

Wow, l've started a fight! I forgot to mention the fact that the more slick and lubed up the naked men are the better they fit into small spaces (i.e. my brain) because they slide nicely into position against each other. For some reason it also works better when they're wearing sports socks or rollerskates although l haven't figured out the reason for that yet.

Disappointed that Macky used the word scat while describing men covered in chocolate - most offputting :-(

[Anil]

I'm appalled to read that guys are fighting over men who are already mine!

[Kendra]

Macky wrote: "Aves wrote: "Cmbwey wrote: "Pushing Macky out of the way...where are they?"

*Running over Macky's back and rushing up on Cmbwey and clubbing him below the knees*
Yeah, where are they?!"

Kicking C..."

And then there is Kendra, slipping in from the side on the sly, saying in her best mommy voice "can't we all just share? It is Easter after all."... If not, I'll take you all down!

[Aves]

Ijeoma wrote: "Hate to rub it in but as an Anglican mine was fun"

Tell me about it. For years, I would watch my childhood friends take off in their boats and cars on Good Friday for the Easter weekend, while we, under strict orders, were forced to remain in the house, in quiet. No music, no board games, no eating sweets, no building model aeroplanes, no playing with Action Jackson or toy soldiers, no playing at all, no doing anything fun. After all, we were supposed to be in mourning.

My mother had many overwhelmingly wonderful qualities while I was growing up, but suffering boys cutting up on Good Friday was not one of them. The laws on the somber observance of Good Friday were strict, and she was implacable in their enforcement.

I do believe I've been scarred to this day, because I remember Good Friday observances very vividly, as compared to the relatively pallid Easter Sunday celebrations with hot cross buns (couldn't have those on GF because they were sweet and too much fun to eat!), and the home-made, home-dyed Easter eggs. And Easter Sundays weren't all that much fun because guess what, we had to go to Mass and pray AGAIN!

Well, Mum will be very proud of me today. I should call home and tell her I've got the day off and I'm not working on Good Friday for the first time in years, something she'll be very happy about. I'll tell her that I'll be spending the day in silence and solitude...no need to tell her about the guy who might be coming over later...

[Kendra]

Roger wrote: "Kendra wrote: "Someone said something about how Amazon bought IMDB and nothing changed on there and I have to disagree. We don't have cable because I was tired of paying for a crap ton of channels ..."

I must reluctantly admit that I completely forgot about that part Roger! Another example of how things "didn't" change right?

I just don't see how it is NOT going to change.

[Macky]

Danni wrote: "Wow, l've started a fight! I forgot to mention the fact that the more slick and lubed up the naked men are the better they fit in
to small spaces (i.e. my brain) because they slide nicely into posi..."

Go away little bunnies, go away .... just sounded lame, perhaps I should have said Fluff Off !

@ Kendra... I was quite happy to share but Cmbwey didn't wait to ask and Aves used me as a spring board so there you go... And you're going down girlfriend!!!

@ Anil... You can have them sweetie because you're having such a worrying time! (( hugs ))

[Aves]

"Fluff OFF!"

I love it!

[Macky]

Aves wrote: ""Fluff OFF!"

I love it!"

OK I forgive you now.... You can have some of my Smarties Easter egg!

[Anil]

Thank you, Macky.

I hate that I can't decide what I should eat. I guess I'll go out and give myself a compensation lunch.

[Kendra]

Goesta wrote: "Like I expressed on the question thread I started, which has so far been busy but merely received a vague reassurance from someone higher up that policies remain the same:

Imagine you're an infant..."

I was p.o.'d on your behalf that the one sentence was all that you received in response. Someone, in response to a comment I made in the m/m group thread about the purchase, tried using your thread to show me that nothing was going to change. I had to chuckle when I saw it because I knew it wouldn't reassure you.

Amazon is pretty adamant about charging for all of the intellectual property available on their sites, even if it is available free elsewhere so I just don't see it not affecting GR. I can hope though (I will, of course grumble and complain the whole time)

[Anil]

Isn't there a way to sue Amazon or alike, because they keep buying those sites and creating an unfair business scheme? I remember Microsoft and similar companies were punished severely for doing that. I like goodreads and it is one of the few places I visit regularly, but I am not sure if I will ever visit it if I am required to subscribe to use groups and arrange my shelves.

[Kendra]

Aves wrote: "Ijeoma wrote: "Hate to rub it in but as an Anglican mine was fun"

Tell me about it. For years, I would watch my childhood friends take off in their boats and cars on Good Friday for the Easter we..."

Can I just say, growing up the heathen that I did (could count on one hand the number of times I went to church before I turned 18) that I didn't even know that Easter had a bigger meaning until I was in high school. I am pretty sure my nine year old is worried about my soul since she knows I was never baptised.

Aves, hope you have fun today "studying quietly" :-)

[Aves]

Cmbwey wrote: "pulling out the fire with their hoses may proved to be a distraction..."

I LOOOOOVE Firemen! My most favourite, bestest, longest running FB to this day is a Fireman, and you should see the hose on him!
Oh. Sorry, was I blabbering inchorently?
*Fanning face furiously at the thought of Fireman FB's hose...*

[[deleted user]]

Thank you Ijeoma, Macky and Danni for your sweet and lovely words that means a lot to me, thank you for your support xxxxxx <3 Happy Easter

Cmbwey, Aves, Kendra, Danni, Anil and Macky I see you have fun with the sexy guys, please can get on this party too?!? You all have a lot of fun *laugh and smile*

In all this time I try to find superheroes that are gay in Marvel and DC comics, then you all have the fun here, not fair :-( I will complain about that.

[Macky]

Cmbwey wrote: "Macky wrote: "Danni wrote: "Wow, l've started a fight! I forgot to mention the fact that the more slick and lubed up the naked men are the better they fit in
to small spaces (i.e. my brain) becaus..."

Never underestimate the power of a woman with a uniform fetish... Beware the long nails and hair pulling skills of a woman in fireman heat. We will have our man out of his uniform, hosed down and ready to slide down his pole in seconds...........I mean his metal slidey pole thing in the station of course!

[Kendra]

Cmbwey wrote: "Cmbwey wrote: "Macky wrote: "Danni wrote: "Wow, l've started a fight! I forgot to mention the fact that the more slick and lubed up the naked men are the better they fit in
to small spaces (i.e. m..."

...did somebody say firemen? Where? *anxiously searches around for them*. I don't see them!

[[deleted user]]

Hahahaha funny and sexy you guys, that is a happy way to Celebrate Easter :-D :-D  

[JustJen "Miss Conduct"]

I'm totally pissed I missed all the fun and games going on in here, but I'm super excited to see that I think I found my lost twin, Kendra. However, I don't have any young to worry about my poor soul. :(