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Originally Posted by issybird
A constant irritant isn’t even so much that Goodreads is promoting books because I realize that’s the game with a free site, but that the promotional books are so poorly targeted. Goodreads has my ratings on close to 3,000 books; can’t they come up with books of more interest to me than cowboy and Amish romances? Of course they could, but the type of books I like aren’t paying them for promotion.
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This is part of the reason why I like
The Storygraph. Being wholly independently-owned, it has no profit motive in the recommendations that it makes. The user preference survey that one fills in before receiving any recommendations is remarkably effective - I'd guesstimate not less than 50 of the books I've read since joining in 2020 were books it recommended - and Goodreads import is easy. Since all its core functionality is free, there's nothing to lose from trying it out, imo.
And if all that sounds like a paid shill, I should add that I pay them, not the other way round
