Saturday, April 19, 2014

What's the point of listing books on Goodreads?


My Kindle Paperwhite came with Goodreads built in. Goodreads is owned by Amazon. When I finish a book on Kindle, it automatically lists it on "my books" on Goodreads and asks me to rate it and/or write a review.
I already have a list of all my Kindle books on Amazon and I can rate/review them there. Amazon also has a book discussion forum and everything else Goodreads seems to offer. It's redundant.
I asked an Amazon service rep if I could remove Goodreads from my Paperwhite and was told that was impossible.
Why the hell is Amazon so insistent that their ebook customers have a Goodreads account?

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