Goodreads is dead. What now?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 17 ก.ย. 2020
- Why it is time for me to hang up my Goodreads and Amazon hat, turn my back on Jeff Bezos and maybe... try something new? I test a new site called Storygraph, chat to its founder and discuss why using Goodreads isn't it anymore.
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Please read Flight Behavior! It's a fiction climate change book and I think it would be great for No Books on a Dead Planet. I would love to hear your thoughts on it and re-read it
I always feel so weird when people are complaining about Goodreads, feels like I'm the only person alive who actually have no problem with the way the website looks and usually actually find the books I'm looking for quite easily 😂 (totally get the Amazon complaints though)
I'm the same, but maybe I just read mainstream books and that's why I have no trouble finding them. The Amazon thing is definitely what puts me off a little now.
Same!
Right there with you.
I only don't like that of you've added a book to your shelves, it's really hard to get them off the shelf. I had load son my to read shelf and I've changed my mind and I can't delete them lol
@@Gryffindame It's incredibly easy to delete tbr books from your shelves. Just click on the X on the left corner of "want to read" bar.
oh my god, the absolute IRONY of only being able to access a climate change drama through amazon prime. oh my GOD.
AND it's an Amazon ORIGINAL XD
@@oliviaparrott8026 oh my goodness no way. this is too much
I took this title way too seriously and really freaked out about my lost TBR for a few seconds.
If you want a good app for tracking your collection, what you read and when (and how quickly), quotes, TBR tabs, genres, etc, I suggest Bookly. I love it so much. ❤️
Same!
Honestly same. Had a mini heart attack...
“it’s something that haunts my dreams, but i imagine my dreams are quite niche” hahahah
It haunts my dreams too.
I was about to quote this in the comments and then I see it's the top comment hahaha. Such a good quote i love it!
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This is my new favorite quote actually hahahah.
Honestly the less money I can give to Jeff bezos the happier I am
Leena: "Lol, uplifting crime. Can someone start writing that?"
Oh boy, is she gonna be delighted when she finds out about cosy mysteries!
You just opened my eyes to a whole new world! Thanks
I just used it to log the books I read. Have no friends on there.
If you like logging your reading, quotes, rating books, and tagging genres or TBR groups, you might like Bookly. I tried a ton of apps for a personal library, but this also has a lot more than I expected. Happy reading. 😁
me too lol, i didn’t even know you could have friends and see what they’re reading
I've been on Goodreads for 8 years now and I am SO ready to jump ship. I want to boycott Amazon as much as possible
Goodreads is one of the worst made websites from a coding perspective, I hate it so much
Agreed.
In their database authors don't even have a proper ID! And it definetely makes things complicated when two authors have the same name...
That might be. But from a users 0erspective its very easy to navigate and that should be the main thing. 🤷♀️ like it aint the prittiest website in the world, but its pretty easy to figure out. Their app could be a lot better, but their desktop version is easy to use.
That was such an interesting video! To add to your reflexion on Goodreads, when your native language isn't English you end up being so much more aware of the new books coming up in the US or the UK rather than the new releases from your own country, which can be weird / reinforces a form of soft power.
Yes that is a problem. It would be cool to have different language / country pages for any goodreads-type site. Users could set language preferences so their recommendations are in all the languages they want to read in. Also being able to filter reviews by language would be useful. For example, I'd be interested in French literature as it's a language I've studied for a long time eventhough my native language is English.
I think you can filter rewievs by language on desktop
I sometimes was able to solve this issue by trying to find a similar site in the native language I'm reading in. For instance, for Japanese novels, Bookmeter is a great site with companion app.
Its an american website? What did you expect?.. 🤣 Amazon doesnt have a website for my country either, they dont have for any Scandinavian country. But im not telling them to fix that. I just accept that ny country isnt big enough and that its an American company. Like goodreads. 🤷♀️ i dont expect goodreads, an American website to have books in my language, but somehow they always do anyway. 🤷♀️
That's because most English books get translated into other languages, but rarely any non-English book gets translated (maybe apart from mangas)
Storygraph looks amazing and I can't wait to join when it launches. I've already found their insta so I can keeps tabs. However, at the beginning of the video when you were listing the things you didn't like about goodreads (binging and quantity vs quality of reading) I found that I actually experience that more with booktube than I do with goodreads. For me, my goodreads goal is a very personal thing but then I hop onto booktube and I see people displaying a massive stack of books thats supposed to be their TBR for the next month? Or the books that they read last month or sometimes even the books that they read in one day?! Its very easy to compare and feel as though I'm not reading enough and feel the pressure to catch up at the expense of deep reading or truly reading for leisure and growth.
Yes this! Completely agree. I always set quite a low reading target, as I don't want a random number to influence my reading choice - if it's high, I'd find myself leaning towards shorter fast paced books and while they can be great, I don't just want to read them, some of my favorite books have been long and slow.
Agreed!
OMG yes with booktube. T
Completely agree! I love Booktube for the recommendations but I feel so bad about myself sometimes as a slow reader to have a goal of reading a book a month when these TH-camrs read the same amount of books in a week.
I agree, I love Booktube for in depth chat about specific books. I dislike the hauls and reading marathons. They definitely feel more volume driven than anything on Goodreads.
Fun fact : in France a book will be the same price everywhere so people of all economic backgrounds can support local businesses. I was enforced when big corporations started to gain more power over here.
And PLEASE I need an alternative to Audible of you have one!
We also do that in Germany! Here this 'Buchpreisbindung' (fixed book price) can only be lifted if the book is e.g. damaged or if you buy it second hand.
I've been subscribing to Audiobooks.com for six months or so and have found everything I need on there so far. On top of not supporting Amazon, I just liked their interface better.
Check to see if your library has Libby! Hoopla is also okay, but Libby has changed the way I read forever
I second the libby recommendation
I love Libro.FM and the money for the audiobooks goes to independent bookshops, but I don't know if it has french books.
I've only watched the part about Goodreads so far but one thing they are missing is I really wish I could search by publisher?? Like if I find a small indie publishing house that specialises I wish I could just search and see all their books instead of having to find each individual title on the publisher's website and search manually
The intro is hilarious! “Are you sleeping with a metalsmith?!?!” 😂😂😂
KEEP US ACCOUNTABLE. My goodness, Nadia is a gift! I am beyond thrilled at this new platform, I cannot WAIT to see where it goes.
Agreed!
The outdated interface, the fake accounts (bots) that "like" my activities every other day, what's not to like? Seriously, I should stop being so lazy and find a better alternative. I find it uncomfortable when people say: "I read a 5-star book or that novel is worth 2 stars". It's clearly changed the way we engage in reading and not in a good way IMO. Thanks for the video!
I use notion to keep track of my reading. Title, author, reading date, and rating. Straightforward and simple, unlike the goodreads app
I switched to Storygraph about a month ago when I heard Seji (TheArtisanGeek) speak about it, and I'm so glad I did. I honestly did not know that Amazon owned Goodreads before that?? Which I suppose is my bad for not digging into it more, but I'm happy to have an alternative and excited to see where the database will go!
Side note: Split Tooth by Tanya Tagaq (pronounced Tag-ack) is FUCKING INCREDIBLE. Possibly my favourite book of 2018. Tanya's a Canadian Inuit woman who's best known for her throat-singing (also incredible), the book is pure magical realism with influences of folklore and cultural tradition, and oh my god I love it. Can I say that again?
Ig-nat-ius thank you for correcting me! I do know the distinction, and I’ll make sure to do better in the future =]
This comment was super serendipitous. Was just looking for something new to dig my teeth into when I stumbled onto your comment, and what do you know? Audiobook for Split Tooth is available right now at my library! Anyway, thanks for the rec!
Came here to correct the pronunciation of Tagaq, thought I'd check if someone had already! There are SO many great women and two-spirit Indigenous authors coming out of Canada in recent years. I would also suggest looking into poetry and music by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson.
I love that you spoke to the CEO! Nadia sounds awesome. It's fascinating to hear about the behind the scenes developer stuff. I'd always written off software/web development as a career over research because it all just sounded soul destroying but this has me second guessing that assumption!
“I have more thoughts than toes” blooming brilliant!
Of course we'd like to know about what you are going to use instead of audible! Super curious about new and more ethical ways to do groceries in a reading bubble
Libro.fm is good!
in the UK we also have BookBeat, which is owned by the Bonnier publishing house
I use Scribd but don't know how "good" that is
I live in Germany and most public libraries work with the service Onleihe (website and app) which works just like Libby I expect. I have always used it for audiobooks and it is absolutely amazing. The catalogue changes depending on your local library. I am signed up with my local library and one in the closest bigger city and always have enough to listen to. Of course not all the books are there but then you can treat yourself. Whats your local library fee against the monthly price of audible that is robbing you from money that you could invest in small book suppliers and independent artists....
Thank you all for the suggestions! As far as I know no such thing exist yet in Italy (as far as public libraries go) but there's still hope ✨
As a former Amazon employee I try my best to stay away from things that Amazon owns. Like I never buy books from Amazon, and other things if possible. But as someone who likes reads a lot and for the longest time didn’t own a lot of books, it was hard for me to keep track of books I had read, so I joined goodreads last year. I am so happy to see that there is an alternative, that honestly looks better overall anyway. I for sure will be joining story graph, and am really excited.
I stopped using Good Reads years back, and you bring up many of the reasons why, the last nail was Bezos buying it up. Waiting on my export file now.. thank you for this information :)
I found the story graph approximately 2-3 days before it blew up and I love it so much. I added some feedback and Nadia got back to me in about 10 minutes, and I’ve loved seeing the product grow and evolve. Also, Nadia’s company goal of improving the lives of avid readers really warmed my heart. I’m incredibly passionate about this product and am desperate to see it succeed
Also Leena, your videos and newsletter have been an immense source of comfort and inspiration during the pandemic. I’m constantly learning from you. Thank you ☺️
This is incredible. During the pandemic I have been reading a lot more and I wanted a way to keep better track of my "to read" and "have read" books and I really, really didn't want to get goodreads (because of Amazon).
Really excited to check this out! Thanks so much for using your platform to bump this to all of us! :)
I started switching to The Storygraph since june. It's really good and is getting better. Also I love that you can tell the founder's passion for her company
Some books are EXCLUSIVELY published by Amazon and that hurts my heart. On one hand I want to support that author and buy their book but I also don't want to support Amazon.
I had a conservation about this the other day with the owners of my local bookstore, and it really does hurt them when they can't bring in those books
hey, person who self published through Amazon here. One reason why I didn't put my ebook on other platforms was that Kindle basically still has the monopoly on ebooks. Which meant putting it on KOBO or others just didn't seem worth the time cost. However if consumers move away from Amazon, authors like me and publishers are more likely to see the effort of branching out more worthwhile.
I think in the case of an individual author it might be worth it to even send them an email telling them you want their book, just not via Amazon. It will help them understand their readers preferences a bit more.
Tldr: Don't feel guilty for trying to buy from ethical places. You're awesome for doing so and good people/ authors will understand!
I've seen the Storygraph on so many booktube channels now. I tried it out myself, what is missing for my liking is the ability to create countless personal lists/shelves (e.g. Books to Read In Summer, Poetry I'd Like to Read, ...). But I guess that's just the Beta version
Started using the StoryGraph a few days ago and already love it! The design and layout is so much more aesthetically pleasing lol. Can't wait to see where it goes and for more people to start transferring from Goodreads
Glad you like them!
I like Storygraph, but as someone who reads a lot of books in swedish, it is not the best option.
Hopefully in the future 🤞
Maybe if enough non-english speakers join the site and start importing books they'll branch out more? I'm not sure how the site works from that perspective
I'm French and I did have some troubles with importing some french books onto Storygraph. But a lot of it worked itself out, otherwise I've reached to Nadia who was quick to fix this issue. They seem aware of the problem and working on it!
Same for me. I read a lot of independent spanish written books and it is hard.
It's still in beta so hopefully they'll be able to expand their book collection, especially if people feedback to them that this is important
I made my account 5 days ago. This video is exactly all my thoughts right now
So excited to give Storygraph a go!!! I think I’ll use it in parallel with goodreads for a while, because I do love the community of goodreads, but I’ve also been looking for an alternative for a while.
Also as someone with a MASSIVE TBR the search your own TBR feature sounds amazing!
I did not know Amazon owned AbeBooks and it slightly makes me want to cry!
I’ve been looking for an alternative to goodreads for AGES to the point that I’m not subscribed to you (yet) but TH-cam recommenced this 3 hours after you uploaded lol. Never really comment but writing this so the algorithm favours you and more people see this :)
Really enjoyed this, Amazon = such a massive conversation starter right now! Have so many mixed feelings. In honesty, I've relied heavily on Amazon this year...for audible which I'd be lost without, to sell books to followers in countries who can't afford the shipping fees from Irish shops, to order baby and pregnancy things during lockdown when I couldn't find other places delivering - mostly from small businesses who are thriving because they have Amazon as a platform to sell through - and I feel like I've come to terms with the fact that they own... EVERYTHING lol. I'd personally feel like a hypocrite to avoid using - or mentioning, to my audience - Amazon, as my whole career and my own small business has been built from TH-cam, who in my mind are in the same camp as Amazon! TH-cam take such a huge percentage of our Adsense/are impossible to contact and they randomly delete and demonetise videos we've worked on for days with no good explanation, they're most certainly a monopoly, could go on for days! I just try really hard to strike a balance between supporting small and big businesses and think I'm happy enough with that for the time being
Just curious, but why do you feel pressure to support big business? Also, bookshop.org is a new GREAT option for ordering books online!
Kaitlin Beranek I suppose because these big companies are paying the wages of many of my mates, people who work online and/or in offices etc! 😊 Also I do like that by supporting a big business like TH-cam or Amazon, I’m also able to support small businesses or self-employed people...so it’s not something I feel strongly about (pulling support) but it’s a totally individual thing! X
If you'd like to switch from Audible, Libro.fm is the same model but supports small businesses :D
@@nellien4802 you realize that technically, authors are their own small businesses and Amazon allows many many authors to self publish. So, buying books from Amazon and audible can still support small businesses.
@@nakita2954 if you want to look at it that way. But I'd rather do something that they don't get a cut of at all. Ymmv
I absolutely love Storygraph. They're thoughtful, responsive and thorough and I really admire the passion brought to this project. Plus, **content warnings!** Absolute lifesaver.
My friends and I have been loving Story Graph. I was actually surprised by how quickly I warmed up to it. I'm already packing my bags from Goodreads.
Just signed up for storygraph and so far loving it. The recommendation system is really cool I find the emphasis on reading experience rather than star rating much more intuitive and helpful when choosing what to read next.
I've been moving off goodreads for a while - I never used the «social media» aspect of it, it's always been for categorizing/sorting my books. I also dislike the gamifying thing and the ratings. I've built a spreadsheet to help with tracking and everything instead. I still use goodreads to check what people thought of books I might pick up. If I were to migrate to another platform I feel like I would either need a deep purge of my to read list which is far too long, or a completely fresh start. A new place to discover books would be good though, thank you for informing me!
I immediately signed up to storygraph. But where is everybody? Booktube has not migrated yet I assume?
Gots the shakes from how excited I am to get going with this beta. Nadia is so in tune with the community and the future. This is the app readers deserve and what I have definitely been looking for. Goodreads has been missing this human element that Storygraph seems to have at its core. Thanks for highlighting this! 💜
I had no idea that Goodreads was Amazon owned now. But now that you mention it that makes sense why so many of the ads are for Prime Video. Thank you for showing us this alternative. I may have to make the switch.
So as I watched this video I got myself set up with story graph and it's literally everything I've been looking for when it comes to catalogs of traditionally published books. The fact that it lists themes and has places for people to put content warnings and it is curated by certain tags of tropes is amazing. And I love that my recommendations are not just the newest releases but stuff from years ago to now. This is really going to help me find books I never heard of and it already has. I am blown away.
thank you so much for this video leena!! i've been struggling to justify my love for goodreads while simultaneously trying to stop supporting amazon and this seems like such a great alternative, i just signed up! i hope more people find it :)
Thank you for presenting us The Storygraph! I just signed in and I love it already!
While watching this I signed up for the StoryGraph beta and it's magical!
bye bezos, i'm switching right now
I've been on the Storygraph for a while and am really enjoying it! It's so nice to have an option that's not owned by Amazon and so user-driven and carefully put together on top. 😊 (Plus it's such fun to add new books 😅)
Thanks for the lovely interview with Nadia and the video as a whole!
You're the second booktuber (preceded by Seiji) to talk about this that I've seen. Currently exporting my gr data now!!!
Lol. I literally just filmed a video talking about the same issue and as I went to upload it saw your new video talking about GoodReads - but you talk about it all in a much more interesting and nuanced way! 🤗 And in the video I also just joined StoryGraph so interesting to hear your chat with the founder. Thank you! 📚
Your videos were absolutely next to each other on my subs feed 😂 Great minds!
As someone who stopped using Amazon a few years ago, and also quit my audible subscription; this is something I wonder about A LOT so thank you for showing an alternative!
I absolutely loved the excitement with which the creator spoke about her project. It's so beautiful, to use a book site that's made by people who love books; who are passionate about it. 🧡
When I saw that you could import your goodreads library so easily I immediately signed up. They made it so easy to switch over, I love it thank you for showing us this website!
Ironic how in the beginning I used Goodreads to document the Rights of The Reader book
I set up my Storygraph account while watching this video! I was on the fence for a while about making the switch, but after hearing from the founder and being reassured that the company won't be acquired by a corporation anytime soon, I feel much better about it. Thank you for all of the info!
I absolutely love the feature that allows you to filter your search on your to-read list! When it's time to pick my next read I'll definitely be using it
been using the storygraph beta for a couple months now - i really love it! glad you've made a video sharing its awesomeness with your audience!
Just signed up to Storygraph and so far, so good! Missing the community that I have on my Goodreads so not ready to completely say bye just yet but very hopeful. Thanks Leena for again pointing us in the right direction!
After watching you import your goodreads data , i immediately signed up for Storygraph. This website is incredible I love the way it shows my reading data and how specific i cant get with my preferences. So happy to support Nadia as well she is fantastic!
I don’t think I’ve watched such an informative TH-cam video in so long. I absolutely loved this! It felt like talking to a friend and when you brought in the founder and CEO I was blown out of the water. The amount of research and time that you invested into this video is amazing. 😊 New subscriber and new fan 🤍
Aw thank you so much that means a lot!
i can never get over how high-quality your videos are. Its amazing. A+
One thing that is rarely mentioned is that if you don't live in US or Europe there are hundreds of thousands of books that is literally impossible to get anywhere else. Amazon effectively has replaced the postal service in hundreds of countries where the state postal service is effing shit (and I mean shit level absolutely unrelieable even in the higher costs).
I've never had a Good Reads account but Storygraph sounds actually pretty cool. One thing I really would like would be to see a wider array of non-english written books on those websites. Sometimes I feel like the reading world in spanish is absolutely different, like we have our canon, our struggles, our representation and then I meet anglospeaking people who have read García Marquez and think that is basically it...
So this sounds pretty cool
With webtoon you for example have different sides of the same site, i think they should do that too with these booksites, since a lot of books are translated into other languages, so i think it would be amazing if we could add extra languages to our accounts of what we want to see (with reviews and book recs on our 'feed') then i think we could really enjoy these sites even more.
This isn't entirely true though. I live in France and I can get any books I want just by asking my bookseller to order it for me. It doesn't cost more. People should just admit they choose the easy option
@@s.h.4770 Hey I said "If you don't live in US or Europe". I guess I could be even more specific and say this is a problem that affects mostly the global south, and is therefore rarely adressed.
I love how honest you are. I’ve been feeling everyone one booktube is each time more LOOK GUYS I BOUGHT 95 BOOKS COME SEE, which is not necessarily a bad thing, but there’s very few people who bring a content that isn’t so superficial and I’m so glad I found another one.
And I really mean this, I don’t even agree 100% with the goodreads thing (most of those problems don’t actually happen to me), but I absolutely love the courage and dedication to think about it and put it online. Definitely is something I’ll be thinking about for weeks.
This made me actually really excited for Storygraph. I first heard about it from The Artisan Geek, but she didn't go into as much detail as this.
I really like the idea of having trigger warnings embedded. I don't personally have any triggers, but I try to include warnings when I do a review (although I forget as often as I remember), so it's really nice to see a company taking something so serious and real into account.
I audibly cheered when I first saw your banging thumbnail and title for this video! 😄 Amazing video, Leena!
Thank you so much Lena!!! I'm so hyped for storygraph, I've been looking for a goodreads alt for a while now. 💛 📖
Loved the interview at the end here. I've been on Storygraph for a few months now and I don't think it will ever completely replace Goodreads for me, but I do see it easily fulfilling the purpose of being where I go to sort my TBR and find new reads.
15:37 those earrings Leena, they're glorious ! I love them !!!
I'm sooo excited to give this a try. Its like you opened my brain and took a peek inside to see what I'd been looking for without even realizing it.
How ironic that I got an amazon ad at the end of this. Thank you for showing off this new website, I will definitely look into it!!
"i mean it's scooby doo isn't it" you made me lol on the tram
So i guess my plan for the evening is logging Swedish books into storygraph
Babes, I am only 17 minutes in but I am fucking loving this video. I cannot begin to calculate all the free labour I have given to GR because tidying metadata format and updating covers is soothing to me apparently.
Yours sincerely,
#29 top librarian on Goodreads
adding "beta" to a list of things brits and americans pronounce differently lol. happy to learn that!!! we say it like "bay-ta." but also loved the vid
I recently switched from Goodreads to The Storygraph and I love it so much! It has helped me to feel more excited about reading! It's so nice to see you talking about it because I think what will make it even better is having more users. Thanks Leena!
I have been a Goodreads lover until I found this video, and then others... and OMG! What's going on? I've been very happy to be able to keep track of my books on Goodreads... but now, I'm signing up on The Storygraph, transferring everything over to see what the big change is!!!! Let's see what the fuss is all about ;) Thanks for the news! Nice discovering you, Leena Norms.
This is a fascinating dive into one of my favorite websites. I had no idea that it was owned by Amazon, and I'm not particularly interested in supporting them (even more so after my brother-in-law worked for them and described the grueling work atmosphere). Now we have an alternative. Unfortunately it doesn't have a preexisting community that I can easily dive into, but it can have one if we build it!
Ok I am totally joining Storygraph asap! Thank you for introducing it to me!
This video was absolutely perfect. I was kinda stressed for the first half because (like a lot of people) I’m trying to fully avoid supporting amazon in any way. But your explanation of storygraph, and properly showing the interface of the site and everything was so reassuring! Went from “oh feck I’ve got to do a load of work to switch” to super excited and feeling good vibes!
I made an account while watching your video. Loved the interview part and StoryGraph is now my new obsession. Thank you!
Leena!! Your videos are it. Every time. I have learned about Storygraph from other videos and I am signed up. What I love though is how you really dive deep into the "why" of switching and give a comprehensive but concise argument. Plus the interview was such a crucial and awesome piece to it all. I just love your work!
i could hear you talk for hours and wouldn't get bored, love your humor!
You've sold me! I had heard about storygraph a couple of times but seeing it like this really made it make more sense, and seem a lot more approachable.
One really cool thing I just noticed about the StoryGraph is that it asks you what language you can read in, apart from English, which is brilliant. As a bilingual person, I always mean to read more in German as well as English, but Amazon and Goodreads only ever recommend me English books, which means it's really hard to find good German books. Reading books from other countries and other languages is something I feel really strongly about (and a really good way to read more diverse books), so that's a great sign!
4:30 ahh this is giving me flashbacks to when I read a review about the book Jane Eyre where the reviewer gave it like, one star, because they didn't like how the way the characters talk is different from the way people do in present time, since the book was written in the 1840s 🙄 like okay, just because *you* have trouble reading old timey talk, doesn't mean it's a *bad book* !!! (Though this was not a review on goodreads so I'm sorry this is slightly irrelevant).
I clicked on this video for the sole purpose of recommending the Storygraph lmao. So, so glad to see Nadia and her business getting the recognition she deserves!
LEENA!!! oh god, i love how you talk about things so well!!! and one thing that i thought was really interesting was how you view reading - i, as a teacher of portuguese/english, am really concerned about this. i have to make students read, cause that is part of life, but also have to accept the right to students not to like doing it (and making it more enjoyable during classes). and i just LOVE the book you've mentioned, about the rights of the reader - we studied during my graduation and it opened a discussion of what was the rights we would create during our classes. i mean, i like how you talk about this whole process of buying books, borrowing books, having books and reading in general. it is a really complex thing thinking in the school environment and i really like that there are apps that can make it more interesting for students, make them want to partake in this process. ANYWAY, thank you so much for the video - i love how you put things into words and make it all didactic!!!! lots of love and take care
Do not watch before bed. Now too excited and hyper to sleep. Ooh those pie charts got my heart racing!
I will be saying “I have more thoughts than toes” as much as I can now. also I will def be jumping in for the poetry extravaganza. My wife’s a poet who hasn’t written in a while and I will be lovingly forcing her to join me. 💖 also “loving having read something, rather than actually reading it” really hit me. I got sucked into that at the beginning of the year and read so much and then didn’t pick up a book for two months. Oops. Getting better now, but I didn’t even realize that’s why until I heard you say that.
Seeing how many companies amazon owns will now haunt my dreams.
Def leaving goodreads ASAP. LOVEDthis. Thanks for opening my eyes!
You are so adorable! I love the new plug for a better, more ethical online bookshelf site. Can’t wait to check it out!
Just found your channel today and I have to say, your type of channel is one I have been looking for but never found within the book yt community. Love your thoughts and energy around reading and all it includes(like this video). I can sense you really care about what you talk about. Subcribed!
Signed up and imported my library before the video was even done! Exciting to have another option. Thank you for sharing!
Thank you so so much for making this one! Have been thinking a lot about the issues with Goodreads, but it felt so daunting to have to transfer all the data - and now I know it’s easy peasy! My only concern with leaving for Storygraph would be losing the community and not being able to track what my friends are reading which, as you mentioned, is I think one of the awesomest things about Goodreads. Not sure I’m ready to leave that part of it behind for now... But a lot of food for thought, ta very much!
Thank you for the recommendation! I only recently started using Goodreads very consistently to motivate myself to read more - I think gameifying it helps in the sense that I keep reminding myself that I wanted to explore sooo many stories instead of watching endless tiktok compilations on TH-cam.
But I imported all my Goodreads data to storygraph and it actually gave me some really good recommendations! Now I have even more books to read Ahaha
I'm hoping in the new year, with a new calendar notebook, I'll keep track of my reading habits without helping Amazon learn more about me as a consumer. I'll move to storygraph and analogue reading reminders haha
Thank you so much for making this video! So informative and helpful. Im not a big goodreads user, but having this option of storygraph really made me excited to start using it for tracking my current/future reads.
P.S. I have been binging your videos all evening today (and maybe a few other days this week) and it just reminded me how inspiring and heartwarming this channel is. Its a really beautiful space/community you have created, thank you so much for all the work you put into it. You are a true gem Leena.
I first heard of Storygraph from The Artisan Geek and immediatelly switched, so great of you to be able to get in touch with the founder, I think this video will have a big impact cuz I dont think many people are actually satisfied with goodreads anyway, also in regards to book buying from bezos, I've learned about Blackwells international shipping, which was the only reason I was buying from the bookdepository
I went into this video without a goodreads account to begin with because I fell out of reading last year when my mental health dipped. But I'm leaving this video with a storygraph account bc I want to get back into it. Thank you!!
Brilliant Leena thanks for this, will definitely be joining Story Graph. Would love to kick audible and kindle to the curb aswell, but haven’t found alternatives that work for me yet. 🥰📚
You do such an important service making the videos you do. They make me happy & inspire me to make changes
Thank you for finding and linking and alternative, along with having a conversation with the founder so we can see the goals and moral compass behind it! Just signed up and the suggestions based on what you want out of a book and not some arbitrary "people who liked this cozy fiction also enjoyed this horror novel" was so refreshing. Also, thank you for informing me that AbeBooks has been bought. I didn't know and didn't think to look into it.