Desperately waiting for goodreads alternative Why is Goodreads so bad and the only product out there for book reviews (which is sort of popular). It feels like something developed in ye' old times and barely maintained to this date. Any Goodreads developer in the audience, do you have any insight on this? |
Both are great for book tracking, and I think Story Graph has better "social features" then most (and they are about to work on more).
I run Shepherd.com, I am trying to create a book discovery experience like wandering a bookstore. Something I don't think Goodreads or any websites do well. So far I've interviewed 8,000+ authors to get 5 of their favorite book around a topic, theme, or mood. And then I find fun ways to connect them (still very new) -> https://shepherd.com/
Let me now what you think :)
But what do you want from Goodreads that it is not providing? What makes it "bad" in your opinion?
Functionally, it does everything I want it to.
Goodreads also offers integration with Kindle's, newsletters with book recommendations or "discover a new book" service, and its ads are not very intrusive- what would you like more?