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Goodreads scrapped Kidlit awards
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11-16-2023, 10:59 AM | #2 | |
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My guess is that poetry was removed because not enough interest and the kidlit topics removed because of agendas. |
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11-16-2023, 11:38 AM | #3 | |
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1) The Elephant in the room is the way Goodreads does everything. 2) The ability to vote even if logged in seems "broken" I'm of the opinion it's pointless, but I sympathise with the promotion of reading to young people. I'm not convinced Goodreads is now much use for young or older. I used to use it a lot and now never use it. It doesn't even seem good for series order any longer, maybe that's why that's often wrong on the parent Amazon page? I was told today, not for first time, to use Booktok. I think I'd need laughing lessons? |
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11-16-2023, 11:56 AM | #4 | |
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He then compared the top Goodreads horror novels of the last ten years to the Stoker award winners of the last ten years. Last edited by ZodWallop; 11-16-2023 at 01:08 PM. |
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It is. I goofed something up. I'll see if I can fix it.
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Good design is something simple that says something about what it represents. The Twilight cover does that extremely well.
I seem to remember having this exact conversation with you before, so I'll leave it alone after this message. But here is what the author had to say about why the cover is somebody holding an apple: Quote:
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I wouldn't be surprised if there is a combination of bean-counting and worries about book bans at work. It probably costs Amazon more to keep categories. (Cry me a long river.) But we would take the awards more seriously if there were more categories. They really should not delete all kidlit plus graphic novels and take away other options and then brag about being "the only major book awards decided by readers." |
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