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.
this post was submitted on 03 Jul 2023
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Check out Bookwrym. I’m currently maintaining that and Goodreads, but can’t wait until I can drop Goodreads
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.
The federated alternative is BookWyrm.
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.
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.
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!
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.
Or bookwyrm
What is the fediverse replacement called?
Bookwyrm.
Thanks for the recommendation! I’ve been checking out The StoryGraph. Will see how this compares!
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.
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
I'm still a huge fan of LibraryThing (http://librarything.com/), especially with its embed functionality so I can embed it into my site
I moved myself to The StoryGraph a few years ago and love it. It's the home for me.
Are you using the free or paid version? Last time I looked at it, I couldn't see why it was worth the cost.
Paid , because I want to support them, but you get extra stat details
amazon is 100% evil. + jpm chase + bcg
“Review bombed” so people didn’t like it?
No. They were posting reviews for a book that hadn't even been released.
Oh ok