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Originally Posted by Blossom
It's their own fault. They have shown they are not all about romance. They had to go to Goodreads to find authors of color which shows none if them read any. I don't even see Beverly Jenkins on the list.  She's quite popular too. Brenda Jackson yes she's pretty good and of course Nalini Singh. Alyssa Cole is another good one.
At this point they should just go back to the old system. It worked fine. Let the readers decide which books.
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I figured they could just go through their own reviews? I don't always read all of the ones they do, but don't they review at least some non white authors? If not maybe they need to court some more diverse readers for their reviews.
I think they just tried to slap it up to quick, the new list that is.
I haven't read any Jenkins myself either. I did read the first in the HR of Alyssa Cole and I liked it, but it would not be in a top 100 list if I made one. And to be honest I have/had no idea that the author is a AOC. With some I know because I have seen their pictures somewhere, or have seen them speak, but I don't search out authors on a personal level and I don't do facebook.
I just read what I want and I usually go with the theme I like to read. Jenkins I haven't read mostly because I don't know where to start. But I have that issue with other authors that have a large backlist out. Do I start at the beginning or do I start with their latest one.
But at this point, I just don't see how they can make anyone happy. If they don't read a lot of books by non whites, well then they don't. Its not like they can just change that overnight. So let the readers put up their choices and go from there. That way they are taking themselves out of it. That is how they used to do it anyway.
