Unreleased Books Now Impacted by Review Bombing

https://archive.ph/2023.06.27-233148/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/26/books/goodreads-review-bombing.html

I guess it makes sense for this sort of thing to happen now. Goodreads doesn’t have a way to prove someone bought a book and with folks there that get review copies, probably won’t get the features. If authors didn’t have a hard enough time publishing, yet another thing to worry about.

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_calm_bomb_@lemmy.ml · 6 pts · 3y (2 replies)

I think this is an old problem and one of the reasons I left goodreads. Also, the lack of interest by Amazon on this issue is a pretty good sign that they don't care. It's just another example of big corporations not giving a fuck about users/consumers.

Knoll0114@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 3y (1 reply)

Bookwyrm and The Storygraph provide good alternatives!

_calm_bomb_@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 3y

I know.. I've been using them for at least two years.