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But how do you choose books if they are not curated somehow? Read all of them? This sentence does not make sense to me. You always choose based on some curation

But how do you choose books if they are not curated somehow? Read all of them? This sentence does not make sense to me. You always choose based on some curation: reviews, word of mounth, cover blurbs etc etc

EGG_CREAM 3y ago
I have the same question. Goodreads has the same politics problem, plus the rotten tomatoes issue where authors seem to get punished for taking risks or not sticking rigidly to genre. I don’t know where to go for recommendations.
- corimaith 3y ago
  Try /lit/. As with most places in 4chan, don't take things too seriously but the people in those hobby boards do genuinely care about their respective hobby.
  - EGG_CREAM 3y ago
    Thanks so much, I’ll give it a look!
- NegativeLatency 3y ago
  Been using storygraph with my friends and it much better for finding new stuff to read in my opinion
  - skywal_l 3y ago
    Just tried Storygraph and their survey feature has one of the worst UX I've ever seen. To the point that it's just unusable.
  - EGG_CREAM 3y ago
    Thank you! I will take a look! I’ve never heard of storygraph!
corimaith 3y ago
Once you have your preferences settled, the number of new and upcoming works that falls into the right categories is actually quite small that could individually read the blurb and pick what's interesting. Other than that you could also just go through your local gallery and pick the interesting stuff. The only "curation" is between the author and reader's own preference. Beyond that I guess you can pick from authors with good reputations, specific genre enthusiast communities and friends. But awards show aren't good because the need to appeal to entire community means that what gets picked usually will appeal to the lowest common denominator.
beezlebroxxxxxx 3y ago
Sometimes you just have to risk it. This is the old way people picked out books. Look at the cover, read the back, flip through the pages or a sample if available, then tell themselves "huh, this looks good." Then you hope it's good. Usually you don't get stung with real stinkers but it can happen. Once you read enough you'll get a 6th sense for books you might enjoy. I can usually with a quick scan of the prose style and the back of the book blurb tell if something seems interesting or not

EGG_CREAM 3y ago

I have the same question. Goodreads has the same politics problem, plus the rotten tomatoes issue where authors seem to get punished for taking risks or not sticking rigidly to genre. I don’t know where to go for recommendations.

corimaith 3y ago
Try /lit/. As with most places in 4chan, don't take things too seriously but the people in those hobby boards do genuinely care about their respective hobby.
- EGG_CREAM 3y ago
  Thanks so much, I’ll give it a look!
NegativeLatency 3y ago
Been using storygraph with my friends and it much better for finding new stuff to read in my opinion
- skywal_l 3y ago
  Just tried Storygraph and their survey feature has one of the worst UX I've ever seen. To the point that it's just unusable.
- EGG_CREAM 3y ago
  Thank you! I will take a look! I’ve never heard of storygraph!

corimaith 3y ago

Once you have your preferences settled, the number of new and upcoming works that falls into the right categories is actually quite small that could individually read the blurb and pick what's interesting. Other than that you could also just go through your local gallery and pick the interesting stuff. The only "curation" is between the author and reader's own preference. Beyond that I guess you can pick from authors with good reputations, specific genre enthusiast communities and friends. But awards show aren't good because the need to appeal to entire community means that what gets picked usually will appeal to the lowest common denominator.

beezlebroxxxxxx 3y ago

Sometimes you just have to risk it. This is the old way people picked out books. Look at the cover, read the back, flip through the pages or a sample if available, then tell themselves "huh, this looks good." Then you hope it's good. Usually you don't get stung with real stinkers but it can happen. Once you read enough you'll get a 6th sense for books you might enjoy. I can usually with a quick scan of the prose style and the back of the book blurb tell if something seems interesting or not