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January 20, 2022

CONVERSATION: What’s Important to You in a Review?

JanineConversationsAmazon / book buying / book pimping / book reviewing / Book Reviews / critique / differences of opinion / fake reviews / Goodreads / honesty / Humor / mini reviews / negative reviews / online reviewing / reader response / recommendations / review blogs / review grades / spoilers / transparency30 Comments

Janine: As a reviewer I think a lot about what I want to see in reviews. I try to notice what kind of information I appreciate most or least in other people’s reviews because it helps me craft my own. I think that what we value in reviews is a ... more >

January 14, 2014

Is There An Ideal Online Community? (Part One)

JanetLetters of Opinioncensorship / Free Speech / Goodreads / moderation / online community20 Comments

Way back in September, I wrote a post on free speech and included a question about what everyone’s ideal online book community looked like. There were a number of interesting responses to the question, including, Liz: On the one hand, I believe strongly that we all have a responsibility to ... more >

September 23, 2013

Monday News: Shey Stahl plagiarism scandal; Goodreads deletes reviews without notice; Amazon shares at an all time high; Cosplay copyright; and paid for reviews

JaneUncategorizedAmazon / copyright / Goodreads / paid reviews / plagiarism65 Comments

I had put the news piece to bed when my inbox blew up with links to a Goodreads review of Shey Stahl’s For the Summer. In the DNF review (rated one star), the reader details eight instances of similarities including exact verbiage and scene blocking to a highly beloved Twilight ... more >

August 25, 2013

Goodreads Plugin for Calibre

JaneEbooksCalibre / Goodreads11 Comments

First off, let me put forward the developer’s caution.  Goodreads allows only a limited number of software calls per minute.  If you make too many, Goodreads might block this.  If you are using this sync for the first time and you have a large library, use the CSV export/import that ... more >

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March 31, 2013

Online Personal Libraries and Book Social Media Sites

JaneMiscBookish / Goodreads / LibraryThing / Riffle / Shelfari / Storyverse34 Comments

Some readers are concerned about the growing reach of Amazon into all corners of our book reading world from selling to publishing to acquiring their favorite social media site where they chat with other readers about.  I’ve looked at a few alternatives but other than Library Thing, there isn’t a ... more >

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