Amazon.com to Acquire Goodreads - Page 18

pickyaxe · 05-30-2017, 04:52 AM

So since this topic got revived... I think it's fair to conclude this 4-year-old hypothesis by saying that Goodreads definitely did not get destroyed. I use it and enjoy it.

DrNefario · 05-30-2017, 08:10 AM

Shelfari got destroyed instead.

JSWolf · 05-30-2017, 08:55 AM

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Shelfari got destroyed instead.

Shelfari was a mess before Amazon bought Goodreads.

David Munch · 05-30-2017, 09:24 AM

Goodreads could use a gigantic overhaul of its interface though.

BearMountainBooks · 05-30-2017, 10:24 AM

I don't use GR much anymore. I was very active there for a long time, but the groups tend to die off. Shelfari had some good book discussions, but it was dying off too. GR is good for tracking books, but I don't review much on there anymore.

JSWolf · 05-30-2017, 01:18 PM

One of the prob;ems of GoodReads is the staff. A lot of them are just a bunch of farts. Some of the rules are stupid and very inflexible.

Terisa de morgan · 05-30-2017, 01:32 PM

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

One of the prob;ems of GoodReads is the staff. A lot of them are just a bunch of farts. Some of the rules are stupid and very inflexible.

Any example? Because I think some of them are too "wide".

JSWolf · 05-30-2017, 01:40 PM

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Any example? Because I think some of them are too "wide".

One rule is that is annoying is the cover. They won't replace a cover unless it's from the author's site or the publisher's site. So if all you can find it a low resolution cover they won't use a hi-res cover from somewhere else even if it's the same image as the one from an official site. Also, they used to get covers from B&N and they came with rounded corners and they would not replace them.

Page numbers for eBooks (i.e., ePub) have to be the page number that's incorrectly published since it's a pBook page number. ADE displayes the correct page number for an ePub.

And then if there is a new cover for an eBook, they insist on making a new entry for it but because the system won't allow ISBN to be used more than once, the new entry has no ISBN numbers.

Those are some of the problems.

DiapDealer · 05-30-2017, 01:48 PM

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

Those are some of the problems.

None of which have ever affected my GR experience in the slightest.

Terisa de morgan · 05-30-2017, 02:00 PM

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

One rule is that is annoying is the cover. They won't replace a cover unless it's from the author's site or the publisher's site. So if all you can find it a low resolution cover they won't use a hi-res cover from somewhere else even if it's the same image as the one from an official site. Also, they used to get covers from B&N and they came with rounded corners and they would not replace them.

Page numbers for eBooks (i.e., ePub) have to be the page number that's incorrectly published since it's a pBook page number. ADE displayes the correct page number for an ePub.

And then if there is a new cover for an eBook, they insist on making a new entry for it but because the system won't allow ISBN to be used more than once, the new entry has no ISBN numbers.

Those are some of the problems.

I don't find them a problem, really. And about ADE... well, sorry, I agree with them: publisher.

JSWolf · 05-30-2017, 02:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Terisa de morgan

I don't find them a problem, really. And about ADE... well, sorry, I agree with them: publisher.

But the page number they insist on using is wrong. It's a different edition with a different page number.

DiapDealer · 05-30-2017, 02:14 PM

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But the page number they insist on using is wrong. It's a different edition with a different page number.

Most readers just don't care about ebook page-numbers, Jon. Especially when it comes to consuming fiction.

AnemicOak · 05-30-2017, 02:18 PM

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

But the page number they insist on using is wrong. It's a different edition with a different page number.

And ADE "page numbers" are only "right" for devices and apps that use ADE's numbering schemes. Just can't see page numbers in an eBook worth worrying about much in the sense that GR uses them.

DrNefario · 05-30-2017, 05:09 PM

I'm not a fan of the ADE "page" numbers. I tend to go and look up a paper edition if my ebook doesn't have reasonable size pages. I didn't care at all until I started tracking page counts, but if I am counting them I want them to be vaguely meaningful. ADE pages are about as useful as Amazon locations.

Apache · 05-30-2017, 05:23 PM

The only use I get out of a page numbers is using them for reference purposes. When I put a book down I need to know at what point I stopped reading the book. Before eBooks, I would memorize the page number I stopped at. Now the book remembers where I stopped and I do not have to do even that.
Apache

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05-30-2017, 04:52 AM	#256
pickyaxe Addict Posts: 285 Karma: 3762916 Join Date: Nov 2011 Device: none	So since this topic got revived... I think it's fair to conclude this 4-year-old hypothesis by saying that Goodreads definitely did not get destroyed. I use it and enjoy it.

05-30-2017, 08:10 AM	#257
DrNefario Wizard Posts: 2,103 Karma: 11315768 Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: UK Device: Kindle, Kobo Touch, Nook SimpleTouch	Shelfari got destroyed instead.

05-30-2017, 09:24 AM	#259
David Munch Scholar Posts: 1,008 Karma: 3999312 Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Denmark Device: Kobo Libra H2O + iPad Air 4	Goodreads could use a gigantic overhaul of its interface though.

05-30-2017, 10:24 AM	#260
BearMountainBooks Maria Schneider Posts: 3,746 Karma: 26439330 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Near Austin, Texas Device: 3g Kindle Keyboard	I don't use GR much anymore. I was very active there for a long time, but the groups tend to die off. Shelfari had some good book discussions, but it was dying off too. GR is good for tracking books, but I don't review much on there anymore.

05-30-2017, 01:18 PM	#261
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 74,246 Karma: 129333566 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	One of the prob;ems of GoodReads is the staff. A lot of them are just a bunch of farts. Some of the rules are stupid and very inflexible.

05-30-2017, 05:09 PM	#269
DrNefario Wizard Posts: 2,103 Karma: 11315768 Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: UK Device: Kindle, Kobo Touch, Nook SimpleTouch	I'm not a fan of the ADE "page" numbers. I tend to go and look up a paper edition if my ebook doesn't have reasonable size pages. I didn't care at all until I started tracking page counts, but if I am counting them I want them to be vaguely meaningful. ADE pages are about as useful as Amazon locations.

05-30-2017, 05:23 PM	#270
Apache Readaholic Posts: 5,141 Karma: 90000000 Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: South Georgia Device: Surface Pro 6 / Galaxy Tab A 8"	The only use I get out of a page numbers is using them for reference purposes. When I put a book down I need to know at what point I stopped reading the book. Before eBooks, I would memorize the page number I stopped at. Now the book remembers where I stopped and I do not have to do even that. Apache

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