Well shit. This is why we can't have nice things.
this post was submitted on 13 Apr 2025
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ohh thanks, just reminded me to wipe out my good reads account
Hey so thanks for this. Helped me find some actual good books. All I had to do was put in the things that I actually liked.
You know, it's actually kinda wild how much published stuff caters to only a few average points in society and disregards the rest.
Did you know that some people actually commercially publish omegv novels? I had no idea but it's like christmas!
I didn't know Amazon owned GoodReads. I'll definitely have to try these out!
Hardcover.app
Direct links since OP doesn't actually want to drive traffic to those sites and I do
The weirdest thing to me about goodreads is Bill Gates actively posting there but only like 10 people interact with his posts
Yeah because he's a boring billionaire. People don't really have a boner to pick with him.
I say this with love, my friend: Bone to pick.
People tend to crowd around those with insane money though
Does Goodreads have like...a community? I thought you just posted reviews and then called other people racist or woke depending on your personal politics.
It's social media for books. You can follow people and there is a feed
Bill gates posts there and nobody pays any attention to him which I find extremely strange
Maybe because it's "Bill Gates" posting, and probably not Bill Gates ?
No I think it's really him. Bill is obsessed with reading books
If you just want to track what books you've read, like me, I highly recommend Jelu!
I never thought about a reading tracker but immediately went to searching for a selfhosted option when I read this post. Thanks for saving me the time!
Omg I had no idea it was from Amazon too
God dammit
I really like storygraph. Every year or so I check on their progress for an api. It's on their long term roadmap and I'll be a happy person when it comes to fruition.
Only problem with Storygraph is that it's privately owned, just like Goodreads was. So as soon as Storygraph gets popular enough, it'll just get sold (probably to Amazon) and then you'll have to find another haven and start over once again. At least Bookwyrm is federated, like Lemmy.
Didn't know Goodreads was owneb by Amazon!
How about you use your local library instead?
Porque no los dos?
The services in the meme are book tracking sites, not book stores. You can't get books there.
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