Genres, Tags, and Lists

[Rachel]

I read through the help section and some of the author promotional help and I'm still a bit confused. I know that readers often find books by genre and I've seen "most tagged" books touted on the front page.

How does your book get put into a genre category? Is it by the author, readers, goodreads librarians?

How does a book get tagged? Is it just what folder readers assign it to?

[rivka]

Rachel wrote: "How does your book get put into a genre category? Is it by the author, readers, goodreads librarians?"

By readers. They shelve books on various shelves, many of which correlate to genres.

[Robert]

Good luck with that. I'm the author and I'm not quite sure what genre my book belongs in.