No, that was me. From the site:
Bookish, LLC was founded by Hachette Book Group, Penguin Group (USA) and Simon & Schuster.
Spike: Heard what happened up top, offing your dad and all. Don't know if you know this, but, uh…I killed my mum. Actually, I'd already killed her, and then she tried to shag me, so I had to-- Wesley: Thank you. I'm…very comforted.
'Lineage'
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."
megan walker - Feb 12, 2013 6:40:51 am PST #20406 of 28701
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Amy - Feb 12, 2013 6:44:57 am PST #20407 of 28701
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 28701
"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 28701
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 28701
"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 28701
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 28701
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 28701
"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.
Polter-Cow - Feb 13, 2013 7:11:15 am PST #20414 of 28701
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Yeah, I don't use Goodreads as a social thing besides following what my friends are reading. I don't accept friend requests from people I don't know because, you know, I don't care about their opinions.
Tom Scola - Feb 13, 2013 7:32:01 am PST #20415 of 28701
Where do you come from? Where do you go? What is your scene, baby? We just gotta know.