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FREEBIRD wrote: "I got put on that crazy list, too! Even though I'm a such a small fry, but now I'm rolling with the big dogs, so it's kind of cool. :D Dawid is SO awesome for standing up for his site users. I love him already."I haven't checked and I don't think I ever will -- I suspect I might be on their list, but I couldn't care less. What I do care about is that GR was dumb enough to be bullied by them into adopting and implementing a set of rules that basically wrought havoc with the community here. (Same as Amazon did a few years ago, why am I not surprised?) But I'm going to move forward and not stand still wasting even a second worrying about a crappy group of whiners like that.
Dawid's reaction IS just absolutely awesome, though ... and gives me plenty of reasons to hope that we're not going to see the same debacle on BookLikes that we're currently seeing here. Go Dawid!
Themis-Athena wrote: "And double high five to Dawid for standing up for his site's reviewers -- AND doing it so quickly, too! ..."+1
Dawid relies a lot on Amazon but is not owned by them. That makes the diffence. Otis transformed from someone who built up a truly great booksite for readers into a businessman who puts the authors first and manipulates our reviews into acceptable advertising copy because that what Amazon want. That's what the Kindle guy who is head of Goodreads wants.
Sock Poppet Fishy Wishy wrote: "Dawid relies a lot on Amazon but is not owned by them. That makes the diffence."Fingers crossed it's going to stay that way ... and Ammy never becomes the sort of corporate bully in Poland that it's become most everywhere else in the world. Data feeds from Amazon, or rather their being cut off, was (in hindsight) the beginning of the end on GR -- and BookLikes does use precisely those as well. Along with other sources for the time being, but the reliance on Amazon is clearly critical to the site. Let's just hope Dawid is going to find a better to deal with Amazon than Otis did!
Aly (Mircea) Basarab wrote: "http://alinutza4u.booklikes.com/"Just commenting on your name... LOVE MIRCEA! ;-) So excited for the new book tomorrow....
Back to our regularly scheduled BL names....
Heather in FL {GRRRRRR censorship} wrote: "Aly (Mircea) Basarab wrote: "http://alinutza4u.booklikes.com/"Just commenting on your name... LOVE MIRCEA! ;-) So excited for the new book tomorrow....
Back to our regularly scheduled BL names...."
Thank you :D I hope we have lots of scenes with him :>
FREEBIRD wrote: "www.freebird.booklikes.comI'm thinking I'll just write short reviews on GR and then link the rest of it to my BookLikes profile. I'm definitely not doing anymore library edits.
Also, did anyone..."
I got 100 missing books at least. What shall we do in this case? Any hint?
Laura wrote: "FREEBIRD wrote: "www.freebird.booklikes.comI'm thinking I'll just write short reviews on GR and then link the rest of it to my BookLikes profile. I'm definitely not doing anymore library edits.
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Did you check your import list? If you have a book on the list with some weird Red, White and Green cover that says "Therapie" (like this) instead of proper cover or generic green cover, it's a placeholder for the edition they cannot recognise. (Usually books without ISBN.) They don't appear on the shelves. Click to the "change" button to the right to look for the edition they have in their database.
Helen wrote: "Laura wrote: "FREEBIRD wrote: "www.freebird.booklikes.comI'm thinking I'll just write short reviews on GR and then link the rest of it to my BookLikes profile. I'm definitely not doing anymore l..."
Oh, great, Helen! Thank you so much! :)
Helen wrote: "Laura wrote: "FREEBIRD wrote: "www.freebird.booklikes.comI'm thinking I'll just write short reviews on GR and then link the rest of it to my BookLikes profile. I'm definitely not doing anymore l..."
Thanks Helen, but so far I only got one cover named "Therapie" many others still missing. I am comparing each shelf I have here at GR with the shelves then created in BL. But there are also some reviews missing. It could be due to the traffic problems once we started to move over there. I just my guess, I might be wrong.
Does anybody know how to make a back-up file at BL?
Thanks for the help!!
BookLikes has a long way to go to equal GoodReader in my opinion.http://MickeyRoss.booklikes.com/blog
So far I see no way to interact with others, no groups, hard to find book reviews from others and no book recommendations. I have other personal web sites and this is one more site to maintain.
However, BookLikes may improve over time and in the mean time I think I will keep a presence here. They have the groups and some groups have a lively discussion. There is always "usenet" newsgroups for wild and home of the free speech of the Internet that I find enjoyment on some issues.
But there are times when civility is disired like here on GR. When one lives under ones roof obey the rules or move and I have many homes on the net.
Jennifer (Cogito, ergo sum) wrote: "Civility?*headdesk*"
I take it you have never ventutured into the old world, the back streets of "Usenet Newsgroups"? Lots of fun there :)
Goodreads is extremely civil compared to the world of usenet.
I was referrring to your edict "obey the rules or move".
Jennifer (Cogito, ergo sum) wrote: "I was referrring to your edict "obey the rules or move"."I see, the word "civility" in quotes threw me off :)
One could stay here and stir up the hornets nest, could be fun also :)
Snowflakes never lasted long on the Usenet.
OldRocker wrote: "Snowflakes never lasted long on the Usenet."True Statement!
Still not sure if I'm jumping or just wetting my toes, but I've signed up and made a couple of friends...http://realjimbob.booklikes.com/
This is me: http://caffeinatedlife.booklikes.com/My bookshelves are a mess (this is going to take a while; I'm still editing my LT shelves) but at least the import's complete =)
http://juliel.booklikes.com/ Trying out BookLikes, mostly because a number of the YA bookbloggers I like have migrated over. Not sure if I will leave GoodReads entirely, or just watch my words even more.
Life's a (rhymes with witch) right now, so it's going to take a while for me to find the time to settle in.
Joined today and still exploring:http://memdash.booklikes.com
Special thanks to Miranda (@412) for the handy list!
Mickey wrote: "OldRocker wrote: "Snowflakes never lasted long on the Usenet."True Statement!"
Very true!
http://sobe.booklikes.com/don't know if I'm leaving GR yet, But joined bl jic :) Now I'm just trying to figure out how to customize everything! yay for tutorials!
http://clodiametelli.booklikes.com/Currently I have no plans to leave GR but I will keep BL as a second home for now.
http://narcisse.booklikes.comI am not leaving GR entirely, but I'm hanging out on Booklikes. Still in the process of moving reviews over and formatting things.
http://lacrimsonfemme.booklikes.com/YAY! 133 hours later, my books and reviews are loaded. Now I have to keep everything in synch. Shoot me.
Silver Thistle wrote: "Petra X wrote: "Silver Thistle wrote: "I'm off to bed now (Scotland) but I'll be up bright and early in the morning in case you want to give it a whirl :)..."Thank you! There's a five hour time d..."
Thank you from me as well - another one with abysmal computer skills, I hope you do not mind I started following you. Really need to find time to sit down and try to do it and yours seems to be written so clear that even people like me can understand.
I'm not closing my GR account, but I do like the look and potential of Book Likes:http://dreamescaperead.booklikes.com/
Dumbledore11214 wrote: "Thank you from me as well - another one with abysmal computer skills, I hope you do not mind I started following you. Really need to find time to sit down and try to do it and yours seems to be written so clear that even people like me can understand. "Thank you :) Get in touch any time if you get stuck :)
I ♥ Bookie Nookie (bookienookie.booklikes.com) wrote: "I agree - that auto follow feature seems a bit silly because as Dawn said - none of those I "followed" were of any relevance to books I read'"
Can they tell if I unfollow them? I looked at their books and not anything I'd read. Mostly I've found my GR friends.
~Lei ~ Reading Is An Adventure~ wrote: "I ♥ Bookie Nookie (bookienookie.booklikes.com) wrote: "I agree - that auto follow feature seems a bit silly because as Dawn said - none of those I "followed" were of any relevance to books I read'..."
There's no notice sent when you unfollow someone. They'll only know if they are listing their followers.
http://karlakolumna.booklikes.com/Will be using both GR and BL, because there are some really great GR features I miss very much over at BL.. ;)
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