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Here's an interesting addition to the discussion on the Amazon takeover of Goodreads (which I also posted in the HF thread).http://www.theatlantic.com/business/a...
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Both are really interesting articles. I've decided that I definitely come under the category of "book nerd" after reading the second one!
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:D I think we all qualify;)
I loathe Apple. There is a bunch of vitriol there that isn't relevant to this thread, but yes, I do agree with Brenda and Michael -- I'd much prefer Amazon over Apple.
Steve wrote: "This terrible gnashing of teeth that the sky is falling just because a company decided to buy out another company is dreadful.Goodreads is a free site, and there is no freemium model here. Which ..."
This is so spot on, um, the rest of the quote that doesn't appear to be here, that says....goodread members are the product that was brought...because that is what has happened. I think Amazon brought the goodwill of goodread members, nothing more or less.
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http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...
Indeed, thanks for link.It does sound like business as usual. The Goodreads Feedback thread about this deal is still going strong, so Godwin is likely to raise his head any minute now. I am not concerned, it sounds like Otis has fought the good fight, and not much is changing.
I would personally like to hear if there is an influx of Amazon people into Goodreads, but Amazon have always played staffing very close to the chest, so I strongly doubt news like that will make the light of day.
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And yes Steve, business as usual:) I'm sure Otis will keep us updated should anything of significance come up.
Sharon wrote: "Yes, I've read it and am aware of the review culture at Amazon - and as a reader first, then a writer, it would be extremely sad if they impliment the Amazon no author reviews books policy from Ama..."Interfering with reviews would be a terrible thing here. One of the things I like about Goodreads is that everyone can write a review without fear of it being removed by someone who thinks you might be biased.
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http://goodereader.com/blog/interview...
I have just been reading about this, gosh I must have my head between too much fiction! I missed this fact. One main reason I came into good reads was to get some unbiased reviews on books and avoid 4 and 5 star doggy reviews. I wonder what will happen?
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Goodreads on kindle - it's coming!
http://www.goodreads.com/blog/show/42...
Brenda wrote: "For those of you who have a kindle, it's been announced by CEO of Goodreads, Otis Chandler:Goodreads on kindle - it's coming!
http://www.goodreads.com/blog/show/42......"
I like it, but I already own a paperwhite, I wonder if it will update with this feature
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Brenda wrote: "For those of you who have a kindle, it's been announced by CEO of Goodreads, Otis Chandler:Goodreads on kindle - it's coming!
http://www.goodreads.com/blog/show/42......"
I have never kept my kindle on line as the power gets used up too quickly. Although, I have the goodreads app on my iphone which I really like. I just got a Kindle fire, maybe that will be better with the power consumption, I will try it when goodreads goes Kindle :)
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How would you be able to use good reads then? you need to be on line ? unless I am missing something.
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Sharon wrote: "How would you be able to use good reads then? you need to be on line ? unless I am missing something."You will have to be online to use it. The kindle integration will work similar to the kindle store, I assume
I thought so Michael, Time will tell if people like the idea I suppose.
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http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...
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Michael wrote: "I don't see what the problem is. Reviews should be on the books merits not on your personal opinion of the author. If you don't like the author don't read there books easy."I think if you read a book and find out that the author's opinion irritates you, then you should be free to express that. But not in an attacking way.
Honestly I don't have any problem with the changes. If you're the sort of person to go on vocal and brutal diatribes about people on the internet, you should probably move to Reddit :P
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This is reminding me a lot of the enormous drama recently over the Ender's Game film - people discovering that the author is against gay marriage and stuff and ranting about how they're going to boycott the film and never read any of his books and so on.People really need to learn to distinguish between art and the artist. Hitler painted nice pictures.
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https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
I have sent this to GoodReads.Since Amazon now own GoodReads, please make Amazon AU possible for authors to gift Kindle books for review to readers. It limits the possibility of promoting an authors work through Goodreads, and indeed WORKS AGAINST Australian authors, and is discriminatory.
Brian Kavanagh
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Brenda wrote: "Good idea Brian, though I doubt it will make a difference! Good luck with it:)"I wonder if it has occurred to Amazon that they are losing money with this restriction?
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Brenda wrote: "Probably! You can get around it by sending a gift card to the recipient for them to purchase the book themselves...it's a bit of a pain for you guys, but it works:)"No gift card on Amazon AU that I can see. Goodreads response; they will see.
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Brian wrote: "I have sent this to GoodReads.Since Amazon now own GoodReads, please make Amazon AU possible for authors to gift Kindle books for review to readers. It limits the possibility of promoting an autho..."
Have just spent about an hour 'chatting' to an amazon person online about this problem - if I'd known, I wouldn't have migrated my account. Now I can't gift our kids with eBooks, which is how I realised that it was a problem. I can't even see my past orders beyond the beginning of .com.au, although all my books are still there on the list. And I can't migrate my account back.
After a conversation that included: "I see your account was never linked to amazon.com from the beginning..." And me becoming more and more annoyed and receiving no answer except "only amazon.com customers have the gift option" the online chat person attempted to refer me back to the 'contact us' template that had referred me to the online chat in a reply email...
Am currently grabbing my head and going "AAAAAAARRRRRRGGGGGHHH!"
A small update - now I've had an email that states "As you're located in United States, we're happy to call you...." I live in hope that this issue might be resolved if someone at Amazon actually listens to what I'm saying.
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Brenda wrote: "Good luck Leonie!!! (You moved recently??;P)"Well, they seem to think so!
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Well, they seem to think so!"
That's funny;)
Brenda wrote: "Leonie wrote: "Brenda wrote: "Good luck Leonie!!! (You moved recently??;P)"Well, they seem to think so!"
That's funny;)"
Even though they have my address! Which clearly states that it's in Australia. The inner machinations of amazon - tangled, complex and who knows what else!
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What I don't want to see is goodreads getting rid of the option to find the book at our local bookstore or other sites, just because amazon owns it.
Also the habit amazon has of trying to get more 5 star reviews just to sell more books - I like to be able to express my opinions, thank you
It is sad to see how many companies are now being bought over by google and amazon, but I guess that this does give the sites a much more stable foundation