I'm still hoping for Random Penguin.
We're not gonna die. We can't die, Bendis. You know why? Because we are so very pretty. We are just too pretty for God to let us die.
Mal ,'Serenity'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
hippocampus - Feb 12, 2013 6:37:10 am PST #20404 of 28573
not your mom's socks.
Amy - Feb 12, 2013 6:38:12 am PST #20405 of 28573
Because books.
If Hachette/Penguin is what they're going with, it's booooring.
megan walker - Feb 12, 2013 6:40:51 am PST #20406 of 28573
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
No, that was me. From the site:
Bookish, LLC was founded by Hachette Book Group, Penguin Group (USA) and Simon & Schuster.
Amy - Feb 12, 2013 6:44:57 am PST #20407 of 28573
Because books.
Oh, so it's joint then. Unless Simon & Schuster has been subsumed by one or the other and I missed it.
megan walker - Feb 12, 2013 6:48:54 am PST #20408 of 28573
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I'm assuming joint venture to get a site out there where they might have more control of content.
Amy - Feb 12, 2013 6:55:00 am PST #20409 of 28573
Because books.
Goodreads exploded too quickly, I think, and a lot of it is a junior high bitchfest/popularity contest.
I don't really care if it's pub-run -- it's going to be all algorithms like anything else. And Goodreads friending and "top friending" and blah blah has gotten too much like Facebook with all the clutter.
le nubian - Feb 12, 2013 7:14:30 am PST #20410 of 28573
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I agree, Amy. That's why I have rejected using it.
sumi - Feb 13, 2013 4:50:23 am PST #20411 of 28573
Art Crawl!!!
Kate Elliot talks about Crown of Stars on the occasion of the release of the complete series to e-book in the UK.
Amy - Feb 13, 2013 5:10:27 am PST #20412 of 28573
Because books.
That's why I have rejected using it.
To be clear, I like that you can create groups, like megan has done, and I enjoy taking part in those. It's just the site as a whole is so cluttered and busy now, it feels like Facebook, so I don't use it for much other than groups.
megan walker - Feb 13, 2013 6:15:30 am PST #20413 of 28573
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
The Scholarly Kitchen covers Bookish.
Huh, when I checked it out, I didn't look at it as an Amazon competitor. Since I don't buy many books, that makes it even less interesting.
I found the ads on Bookish particularly distracting, but I'm sure that's only because I'm not used to them.
I mostly use Goodreads for tracking what I read and want to read. Besides librarians, I don't really interact with people I'm not friends with, so I don't have issues with the whole social clique thing.