Shelfarians discussion

Take a look ...
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...

I have a very bad feeling about this ...

Book Concierge wrote: "I have a very bad feeling about this ..."
We certainly did have a tough stretch getting repairs done lately
In questions and answers, to quote Amanda


"There aren't any changes planned for Shelfari as a result of the acquisition."

In a comment, Otis, Good Reads founder/owner compared what happened at Shelfari with the Good Reads situation.
He said something on the order of "shelfari is just 6 people. We're 40 people and hiring as we grow."

My initial thought was - is GoodReads going to go downhill post-amazon, like shelfari did?

Shelfari (regardless of the small number of staff) used to do a really good job of listening to users, fixing things, taking suggestions, etc. Then amazon bought it and it (sadly) went downhill.

Goodreads and Shelfari may go downhill but we still have our books to read, let's look at the bright side. If there is one.

I also joined Library Thing last weekend, as another backup! Is anyone else over there?

I'm planning to attempt a shelfari to LT import sometime soon, and I hope it works much better than shelfari to GR...

That is, my attempt at an import from shelfari to GR. I think it worked ok for some people, but for me, if I'm remembering correctly, it only imported less than 100 out of about 1500 books for me here. :-(

At LibraryThing, you can only list two hundred books and then you have to pay for it.

Last time I looked there were only a few Shelfarians here but now there are 59! wow!

Foghorn wrote: "At LibraryThing, you can only list two hundred books and then you have to pay for it."

I did know that, but thank you. :-) The weekend that Amazon bought Goodreads, LT did a promo where anyone who joined got their first year free (no limit on the number of books). I know I'll probably have to pay after that (if I decide I like it enough to continue), but I don't think it's very much.

I took the promo and a good opportunity to try it out and see if I like it.

LibraryCin wrote: "Foghorn wrote: "At LibraryThing, you can only list two hundred books and then you have to pay for it."

I did know that, but thank you. :-) The weekend that Amazon bought Goodreads, LT did a promo ..."

Let me know how you like it and would it be worth it to put another shelf on another site.

Foghorn wrote: "Let me know how you like it and would it be worth it to put another shelf on another site. "

Hi, sorry for the late reply. It seems I managed to turn off notifications, so I had to think to come to the group to check (do that every day on shelfari, but I don't take the time to do that here!).

So far, I'm liking LT... maybe better than GR. However, for now I'm keeping up with all three sites, and it is a lot to do all three!

One tangible thing I know I like better at LT than here is that I think I can do more of the editing/combining myself, rather than having a librarian (or whatever they call them here) do everything. That's me, though. I'd rather just fix things up without having to ask/wait for someone else to do it@