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KoboldCoterie 36 points 3 years ago

Corporate influence continues to ruin everything. Goodreads used to be such a good site. Really hope the recent shift towards FOSS from corporate-run alternatives on the internet continues in the coming months / years. It'd be great to collectively take back the internet.

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WonkoTheSane 4 points 3 years ago

Check out Bookwrym. I’m currently maintaining that and Goodreads, but can’t wait until I can drop Goodreads

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pure_honey 1 point 3 years ago

What does Goodreads offer that Bookwyrm doesn't, so that you are maintaining both?

Disclaimer: I don't use either, just curious.

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Talignoram6571 34 points 3 years ago

I'm actually a big fan of Storygraph. I was able to import all of my Goodreads stats into it and the stats that Storygraph provides are MUCH more detailed. They also provide other things like allowing me to set a yearly page goal in addition to a books read goal. They have reading challenges that you can create or join so give you a bit of incentive to get outside of your usual books if goal focused reading sounds interesting to you. And the thing that has impressed me most is the machine learning recommendation system they use. The few books I've actually been recommended have been pretty spot on and I've enjoyed reading them quite a bit.

The downside is, and I imagine this will be the same for all of the non-Goodreads services, is the community is smaller. Sometimes I still head to Goodreads to get reviews, especially for more niche genres. I'm not sure what the solution is there but Storygraph goes well beyond anything else I need for tracking my reading habits.

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Xero 7 points 3 years ago

The federated alternative is BookWyrm.

https://bookwyrm.social/

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Teknikal 2 points 3 years ago

I tried that out yesterday I'm new to the whole fediverse thing. I searched a few books and they just weren't there so I didn't actually make an account.

Would be nice to see something replace Goodreads though and maybe with time.

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Teknikal 0 points 3 years ago

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Balssh 3 points 3 years ago

Another downside for non native English speakers is that there seems to be relatively few foreign languages books. I could barely find anything in Romanian.

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gooddaytodayhere 2 points 3 years ago

Thank you for this! I’ve never come across it and I never made friends with goodreads fully so this is a good shout for trying something new!

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humdrumgentleman 23 points 3 years ago

I know there is a fediverse Goodreads replacement, but I cannot more highly recommend BookDigits. It still has the social aspect but is so much more powerful. The developer is also very responsive.

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olbaidiablo 6 points 3 years ago

Or bookwyrm

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singinwhale 5 points 3 years ago

What is the fediverse replacement called?

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state_electrician 9 points 3 years ago

Bookwyrm.

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notsofunnycomment 5 points 3 years ago

Come join our server: https://bookrastinating.com/

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papajohn 1 point 3 years ago

Looks good! I’ll sign up soon!

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chase 4 points 3 years ago

Thanks for the recommendation! I’ve been checking out The StoryGraph. Will see how this compares!

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humdrumgentleman 7 points 3 years ago

I know there is a fediverse Goodreads replacement, but I cannot more highly recommend BookDigits. It still has the social aspect but is so much more powerful. The developer is also very responsive.

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unknownkoger 6 points 3 years ago

the goodreads app is absolute garbage. It hasn't been updated in years. This might be what motivates me to check out some of the other apps mentioned in this post

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datenyan 5 points 3 years ago

I'm still a huge fan of LibraryThing (http://librarything.com/), especially with its embed functionality so I can embed it into my site

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ratio_cluster 4 points 3 years ago

I moved myself to The StoryGraph a few years ago and love it. It's the home for me.

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hsl 3 points 3 years ago

Are you using the free or paid version? Last time I looked at it, I couldn't see why it was worth the cost.

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ratio_cluster 2 points 3 years ago

Paid , because I want to support them, but you get extra stat details

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journalism_died 1 point 3 years ago

amazon is 100% evil. + jpm chase + bcg

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Silviecat44 -2 points 3 years ago

“Review bombed” so people didn’t like it?

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Xero 7 points 3 years ago

No. They were posting reviews for a book that hadn't even been released.

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Silviecat44 1 point 3 years ago

Oh ok

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