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*drags thread back to original topic*
I think the whole point here is that Goodreads, rather than wade into actually defending authors and reader's rights, has chosen to remove the awards altogether since many of the titles are subject to challenges and ban attempts by certain groups.
This hurts burgeoning authors who can get big boosts from these silly awards.
It is sad, but wholly unsurprising, that Goodreads is taking this position. They, as a subsidiary of Amazon, might make more money off of book sales of those titles had they kept the awards. But I imagine no more than a few small drops in a large bucket.
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