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I wonder if Goodreads is next under the guillotine.
by koboll 4y ago
I wonder if Goodreads is next under the guillotine.
- stanac 4y agoHopefully not, maybe someone should scrape everything from there. I didn't know amazon owned book depo, maybe I should have guessed something has changed when they starting sending increased number of marketing emails a year or two ago. edit: typo
- LiveTheDream 4y agoYou can request your data here https://www.goodreads.com/user/edit?ref=nav_profile_settings https://www.goodreads.com/user/edit?ref=nav_profile_settings They will send a confirmation email. After you click the link to confirm, it says "We will provide your information to you as soon as we can. Usually, this should take no more than a month." EDIT: you can export your book database as CSV (shelves, ratings, reviews, etc) here https://www.goodreads.com/review/import https://www.goodreads.com/review/import (there's a link towards the top to export...disregard that the URL says "import".
- bongobingo1 4y agoCan it reasonably take a month to export the data from Goodreads? I barely use it but from what I recall its basically lists of will-read and have-read right? Is that delay strictly a "cooling off" sort of tactic?
- LiveTheDream 4y agoI assume this data export includes much more than just the book data (which I just discovered you can get immediately as CVS via https://www.goodreads.com/review/import https://www.goodreads.com/review/import) which might be part of a compliance requirement.
- LiveTheDream 4y agoUpdate: I got an automated email from Goodreads to download this export. It contains a bunch of json files containing user/usage-related data for my account like request logs, newsfeed updates, kindle logins, site settings, etdc.
- ZunarJ5 4y agoFor those who need to hear it, Bookwyrm is a good alternative to Goodreads and you can import your csv!
- hgsgm 4y agoGoodreads is an ad for Amazon. BD was a redundant store.
- protocolture 4y agoGoodreads is pretty shit imho.