<s>
Goodreads	B-Application
is	O
an	O
American	O
social	B-Protocol
cataloging	I-Protocol
website	O
and	O
a	O
subsidiary	O
of	O
Amazon	B-Application
that	O
allows	O
individuals	O
to	O
search	O
its	O
database	O
of	O
books	O
,	O
annotations	O
,	O
quotes	O
,	O
and	O
reviews	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Goodreads	B-Application
was	O
founded	O
in	O
December	O
2006	O
and	O
launched	O
in	O
January	O
2007	O
by	O
Otis	O
Chandler	O
and	O
Elizabeth	O
Khuri	O
Chandler	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
March	O
28	O
,	O
2013	O
,	O
Amazon	B-Application
announced	O
its	O
acquisition	O
of	O
Goodreads	B-Application
,	O
and	O
by	O
July	O
23	O
,	O
2013	O
,	O
Goodreads	B-Application
announced	O
their	O
user	O
base	O
had	O
grown	O
to	O
20	O
million	O
members	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Goodreads	B-Application
founders	O
Otis	O
Chandler	O
and	O
Elizabeth	O
Khuri	O
Chandler	O
first	O
met	O
while	O
studying	O
at	O
Stanford	O
(	O
Engineering	O
and	O
English	O
respectively	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Goodreads	B-Application
was	O
founded	O
in	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Goodreads	B-Application
addressed	O
what	O
publishers	O
call	O
the	O
"	O
discoverability	O
problem	O
"	O
by	O
guiding	O
consumers	O
in	O
the	O
digital	O
age	O
to	O
find	O
books	O
they	O
might	O
want	O
to	O
read	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
funding	O
lasted	O
Goodreads	B-Application
until	O
2009	O
,	O
when	O
Goodreads	B-Application
received	O
two	O
million	O
dollars	O
from	O
True	O
Ventures	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2010	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
opened	O
its	O
application	B-Application
programming	I-Application
interface	I-Application
,	O
which	O
enabled	O
developers	O
to	O
access	O
its	O
ratings	O
and	O
titles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2011	O
,	O
Goodreads	B-Application
acquired	O
Discovereads	O
,	O
a	O
book	O
recommendation	O
engine	O
that	O
employs	O
"	O
machine	O
learning	O
algorithms	O
to	O
analyze	O
which	O
books	O
people	O
might	O
like	O
,	O
based	O
on	O
books	O
they	O
've	O
liked	O
in	O
the	O
past	O
and	O
books	O
that	O
people	O
with	O
similar	O
tastes	O
have	O
liked.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Otis	O
Chandler	O
believed	O
this	O
rating	O
system	O
would	O
be	O
superior	O
to	O
Amazon	B-Application
's	O
,	O
as	O
Amazon	B-Application
's	O
includes	O
books	O
a	O
user	O
has	O
browsed	O
or	O
purchased	O
as	O
gifts	O
when	O
determining	O
its	O
recommendations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
that	O
year	O
,	O
Goodreads	B-Application
introduced	O
an	O
algorithm	O
to	O
suggest	O
books	O
to	O
registered	O
users	O
and	O
had	O
over	O
five	O
million	O
members	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2012	O
,	O
Goodreads	B-Application
announced	O
it	O
had	O
grown	O
to	O
11	O
million	O
members	O
with	O
395	O
million	O
books	O
cataloged	O
and	O
over	O
20,000	O
book	O
clubs	O
created	O
by	O
its	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
month	O
later	O
,	O
in	O
November	O
2012	O
,	O
Goodreads	B-Application
had	O
surpassed	O
12	O
million	O
members	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
member	O
base	O
having	O
doubled	O
in	O
one	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2013	O
,	O
Amazon	B-Application
made	O
an	O
agreement	O
to	O
acquire	O
Goodreads	B-Application
in	O
the	O
second	O
quarter	O
of	O
2013	O
for	O
an	O
undisclosed	O
sum	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Amazon	B-Application
had	O
previously	O
purchased	O
the	O
competitor	O
Shelfari	B-Library
in	O
2008	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
Goodreads	B-Application
purchase	O
"	O
stunning	O
"	O
the	O
book	O
industry	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Authors	O
Guild	O
called	O
it	O
a	O
"	O
truly	O
devastating	O
act	O
of	O
vertical	O
integration	O
"	O
and	O
that	O
Amazon	B-Application
's	O
"	O
control	O
of	O
online	O
bookselling	O
approaches	O
the	O
insurmountable.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
were	O
mixed	O
reactions	O
from	O
Goodreads	B-Application
users	O
,	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
totaling	O
16	O
million	O
members	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Goodreads	B-Application
founder	O
Otis	O
Chandler	O
said	O
that	O
"	O
his	O
management	O
team	O
would	O
remain	O
in	O
place	O
to	O
guard	O
the	O
reviewing	O
process	O
"	O
with	O
the	O
acquisition	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Chandler	O
continued	O
running	O
Goodreads	B-Application
until	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
New	O
York	O
Times	O
noted	O
that	O
Goodreads	B-Application
,	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
of	O
the	O
acquisition	O
,	O
had	O
a	O
more	O
reputable	O
reviewing	O
system	O
than	O
Amazon	B-Application
's	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Noting	O
that	O
some	O
authors	O
had	O
been	O
"	O
too	O
aggressive	O
in	O
their	O
self-promotion	O
"	O
(	O
as	O
Goodreads	B-Application
admitted	O
in	O
an	O
email	O
)	O
and	O
that	O
some	O
readers	O
had	O
responded	O
with	O
aggression	O
,	O
in	O
September	O
2013	O
,	O
Goodreads	B-Application
announced	O
it	O
would	O
delete	O
,	O
without	O
warning	O
,	O
reviews	O
that	O
threatened	O
authors	O
or	O
mentioned	O
authors	O
 '	O
behavior	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2016	O
,	O
Amazon	B-Application
announced	O
that	O
it	O
would	O
shut	O
down	O
Shelfari	B-Library
in	O
favor	O
of	O
Goodreads	B-Application
,	O
effective	O
March	O
16	O
,	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2016	O
,	O
Goodreads	B-Application
announced	O
that	O
over	O
50	O
million	O
user	O
reviews	O
had	O
been	O
posted	O
to	O
the	O
website	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
the	O
Goodreads	B-Application
website	O
,	O
users	O
can	O
add	O
books	O
to	O
their	O
personal	O
bookshelves	O
,	O
rate	O
and	O
review	O
books	O
,	O
see	O
what	O
their	O
friends	O
and	O
authors	O
are	O
reading	O
,	O
participate	O
in	O
discussion	O
boards	O
and	O
groups	O
on	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
topics	O
,	O
and	O
get	O
suggestions	O
for	O
future	O
reading	O
choices	O
based	O
on	O
their	O
reviews	O
of	O
previously	O
read	O
books	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Goodreads	B-Application
features	O
a	O
rating	O
system	O
of	O
one	O
to	O
five	O
stars	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
option	O
of	O
accompanying	O
the	O
rating	O
with	O
a	O
written	O
review	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Goodreads	B-Application
users	O
can	O
read	O
or	O
listen	O
to	O
a	O
preview	O
of	O
a	O
book	O
on	O
the	O
website	O
using	O
Kindle	B-General_Concept
Cloud	I-General_Concept
Reader	I-General_Concept
and	O
Audible	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Goodreads	B-Application
also	O
offers	O
quizzes	O
and	O
trivia	O
,	O
quotations	O
,	O
book	O
lists	O
,	O
and	O
free	O
giveaways	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Goodreads	B-Application
organizes	O
offline	O
opportunities	O
as	O
well	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
in-person	O
book	O
exchanges	O
and	O
"	O
literary	O
pub	O
crawls	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
is	O
also	O
a	O
special	O
section	O
for	O
authors	O
with	O
suggestions	O
for	O
promoting	O
their	O
works	O
on	O
Goodreads.com,	O
aimed	O
at	O
helping	O
them	O
reach	O
their	O
target	O
audience	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
2011	O
,	O
"	O
seventeen	O
thousand	O
authors	O
,	O
including	O
James	O
Patterson	O
and	O
Margaret	O
Atwood	O
"	O
used	O
Goodreads	B-Application
to	O
advertise	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Goodreads	B-Application
has	O
a	O
presence	O
on	O
Facebook	B-Application
,	O
Pinterest	B-Application
,	O
Twitter	B-Application
,	O
and	O
other	O
social	O
networking	O
sites	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Linking	O
a	O
Goodreads	B-Application
account	O
with	O
a	O
social	O
networking	O
account	O
like	O
Facebook	B-Application
enables	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
import	O
contacts	O
from	O
the	O
social	O
networking	O
account	O
to	O
Goodreads	B-Application
,	O
expanding	O
one	O
's	O
Goodreads	B-Application
"	O
Friends	O
"	O
list	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
settings	O
available	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
,	O
to	O
allow	O
Goodreads	B-Application
to	O
post	O
straight	O
to	O
a	O
social	O
networking	O
account	O
,	O
which	O
informs	O
,	O
e.g.	O
,	O
Facebook	B-Application
friends	O
,	O
what	O
one	O
is	O
reading	O
or	O
how	O
one	O
rated	O
a	O
book	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-General_Concept
Amazon	I-General_Concept
Kindle	I-General_Concept
Paperwhite	O
(	O
version	O
2	O
)	O
and	O
Kindle	O
Voyage	O
feature	O
integration	O
with	O
Goodreads	B-Application
 '	O
social	O
network	O
via	O
a	O
user	O
interface	O
button	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Book	O
catalog	O
data	O
was	O
seeded	O
with	O
large	O
imports	O
from	O
various	O
closed	O
and	O
open	O
data	O
sources	O
,	O
including	O
individual	O
publishers	O
,	O
Ingram	O
,	O
Amazon	B-Application
(	O
before	O
2012	O
and	O
after	O
2013	O
)	O
,	O
WorldCat	B-Library
and	O
the	O
Library	O
of	O
Congress	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Goodreads	B-Application
librarians	O
improve	O
book	O
information	O
on	O
the	O
website	O
,	O
including	O
editing	O
book	O
and	O
author	O
information	O
and	O
adding	O
cover	O
images	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Goodreads	B-Application
members	O
can	O
apply	O
to	O
become	O
volunteer	O
librarians	O
after	O
they	O
have	O
50	O
books	O
on	O
their	O
profile	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Goodreads	B-Application
librarians	O
coordinate	O
on	O
the	O
Goodreads	B-Application
Librarian	O
Group	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
User	O
data	O
becomes	O
proprietary	O
to	O
Goodreads	B-Application
though	O
available	O
via	O
an	O
application	B-Application
programming	I-Application
interface	I-Application
,	O
or	O
API	B-Application
,	O
unlike	O
similar	O
projects	O
like	O
The	B-Library
Open	I-Library
Library	I-Library
which	O
publish	O
the	O
catalog	O
and	O
user	O
edits	O
as	O
open	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
2020	O
,	O
Goodreads	B-Application
deactivated	O
API	B-Application
keys	O
more	O
than	O
30	O
days	O
old	O
and	O
said	O
it	O
would	O
no	O
longer	O
be	O
issuing	O
new	O
API	B-Application
keys	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2012	O
,	O
Goodreads	B-Application
switched	O
from	O
using	O
Amazon	B-Application
's	O
public	O
Product	O
Advertising	O
API	B-Application
for	O
book	O
metadata	O
(	O
such	O
as	O
title	O
,	O
author	O
,	O
and	O
number	O
of	O
pages	O
)	O
to	O
book	O
wholesaler	O
Ingram	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Goodreads	B-Application
felt	O
Amazon	B-Application
's	O
requirements	O
for	O
using	O
its	O
API	B-Application
were	O
too	O
restrictive	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
combination	O
of	O
Ingram	O
,	O
the	O
Library	O
of	O
Congress	O
,	O
and	O
other	O
sources	O
would	O
be	O
more	O
flexible	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
users	O
worried	O
that	O
their	O
reading	O
records	O
would	O
be	O
lost	O
,	O
but	O
Goodreads	B-Application
had	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
plans	O
in	O
place	O
to	O
ease	O
the	O
transition	O
and	O
ensure	O
that	O
no	O
data	O
was	O
lost	O
,	O
even	O
for	O
titles	O
that	O
might	O
be	O
in	O
danger	O
of	O
deletion	O
because	O
they	O
were	O
available	O
only	O
through	O
Amazon	B-Application
,	O
such	O
as	O
Kindle	O
editions	O
and	O
self-published	O
works	O
on	O
Amazon	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2013	O
,	O
as	O
a	O
result	O
of	O
Goodreads	B-Application
 '	O
acquisition	O
by	O
Amazon	B-Application
,	O
Goodreads	B-Application
began	O
using	O
Amazon	B-Application
's	O
data	O
again	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2012	O
,	O
after	O
a	O
receiving	O
a	O
poor	O
review	O
on	O
her	O
novel	O
The	O
Selection	O
,	O
author	O
Kiera	O
Cass	O
encouraged	O
her	O
Twitter	B-Application
followers	O
to	O
"	O
knock	O
[	O
the	O
review ]	O
off	O
"	O
the	O
front	O
page	O
of	O
Goodreads	B-Application
 '	O
section	O
on	O
the	O
book	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
sparked	O
public	O
outrage	O
and	O
started	O
a	O
discussion	O
on	O
the	O
relationship	O
between	O
authors	O
and	O
reviewers	O
on	O
Goodreads	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
That	O
same	O
year	O
,	O
Goodreads	B-Application
received	O
criticism	O
from	O
users	O
about	O
the	O
availability	O
and	O
tone	O
of	O
reviews	O
posted	O
on	O
the	O
site	O
,	O
with	O
some	O
users	O
and	O
websites	O
stating	O
that	O
certain	O
reviewers	O
were	O
harassing	O
and	O
encouraging	O
attacks	O
on	O
authors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Goodreads	B-Application
publicly	O
posted	O
its	O
review	O
guidelines	O
in	O
August	O
2012	O
to	O
address	O
these	O
issues	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
Amazon	B-Application
's	O
acquisition	O
of	O
Goodreads	B-Application
,	O
this	O
policy	O
was	O
modified	O
to	O
include	O
deletion	O
of	O
any	O
review	O
containing	O
"	O
an	O
ad	O
hominem	O
attack	O
or	O
an	O
off-topic	O
comment	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Several	O
news	O
sources	O
reported	O
the	O
announcement	O
,	O
noting	O
Amazon	B-Application
's	O
business	O
reasons	O
for	O
the	O
move	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Regarding	O
the	O
2013	O
Amazon	B-Application
acquisition	O
of	O
Goodreads	B-Application
,	O
The	O
New	O
York	O
Times	O
said	O
that	O
:	O
"	O
Goodreads	B-Application
was	O
a	O
rival	O
to	O
Amazon	B-Application
as	O
a	O
place	O
for	O
discovering	O
books	O
"	O
and	O
that	O
this	O
deal	O
"	O
consolidates	O
Amazon	B-Application
's	O
power	O
to	O
determine	O
which	O
authors	O
get	O
exposure	O
for	O
their	O
work	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Critics	O
of	O
the	O
Goodreads	B-Application
platform	O
feel	O
that	O
Goodreads	B-Application
 '	O
dominant	O
position	O
,	O
coupled	O
with	O
limited	O
development	O
by	O
Amazon	B-Application
,	O
has	O
prevented	O
better	O
tools	O
emerging	O
for	O
personalized	O
book	O
recommendations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Goodreads	B-Application
has	O
also	O
fallen	O
under	O
criticism	O
from	O
users	O
who	O
feel	O
that	O
the	O
site	O
is	O
outdated	O
and	O
prone	O
to	O
frequent	O
crashes	O
and	O
bugs	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
the	O
recommendations	O
are	O
poor	O
,	O
frequently	O
suggesting	O
popular	O
books	O
at	O
random	O
rather	O
than	O
anything	O
more	O
personalized	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Authors	O
who	O
are	O
aware	O
of	O
the	O
site	O
have	O
noted	O
problematic	O
qualities	O
of	O
Goodreads	B-Application
affecting	O
discoverability	O
and	O
search	O
engine	O
results	O
,	O
particularly	O
the	O
platform	O
's	O
inability	O
to	O
sort	O
pseudonyms	O
,	O
and	O
its	O
refusal	O
to	O
allow	O
authors	O
to	O
choose	O
the	O
primary	O
author	O
name	O
that	O
appears	O
on	O
book	O
records	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Goodreads	B-Application
,	O
transgender	O
authors	O
who	O
published	O
under	O
a	O
different	O
name	O
before	O
coming	O
out	O
can	O
contact	O
the	O
website	O
directly	O
to	O
request	O
exceptions	O
,	O
although	O
there	O
are	O
no	O
known	O
or	O
notable	O
cases	O
where	O
trans	O
authors	O
have	O
been	O
given	O
such	O
choices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
authors	O
have	O
criticized	O
Goodreads	B-Application
's	O
stance	O
on	O
functioning	O
like	O
a	O
public	O
library	O
rather	O
than	O
giving	O
authors	O
any	O
control	O
over	O
how	O
their	O
information	O
is	O
displayed	O
,	O
noting	O
that	O
for	O
most	O
authors	O
,	O
Goodreads	B-Application
is	O
the	O
first	O
page	O
people	O
see	O
when	O
they	O
search	O
on	O
a	O
web	O
browser	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
has	O
also	O
been	O
criticized	O
that	O
Goodreads	B-Application
allows	O
both	O
users	O
and	O
authors	O
to	O
post	O
quotes	O
attributed	O
to	O
an	O
author	O
without	O
verification	O
of	O
any	O
sort	O
;	O
removal	O
of	O
such	O
quotes	O
is	O
left	O
largely	O
in	O
the	O
hands	O
of	O
volunteer	O
"	O
librarians	O
"	O
,	O
as	O
authors	O
have	O
little	O
to	O
no	O
individual	O
control	O
over	O
quotes	O
posted	O
to	O
their	O
own	O
profiles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Having	O
false	O
or	O
invalid	O
quotes	O
removed	O
can	O
be	O
a	O
difficult	O
process	O
;	O
problematically	O
the	O
quotes	O
can	O
be	O
picked	O
up	O
by	O
third-party	O
websites	O
like	O
Pinterest	B-Application
and	O
Instagram	B-Application
in	O
the	O
meantime	O
,	O
spreading	O
invalid	O
quotes	O
attributed	O
to	O
the	O
author	O
even	O
further	O
,	O
as	O
Goodreads	B-Application
quotes	O
bring	O
a	O
high	O
amount	O
of	O
web	O
traffic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Goodreads	B-Application
often	O
refuses	O
to	O
remove	O
quotes	O
with	O
"	O
likes	O
"	O
from	O
an	O
author	O
's	O
profile	O
,	O
even	O
if	O
the	O
quotes	O
are	O
false	O
or	O
invalid	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Goodreads	B-Application
has	O
tried	O
to	O
address	O
this	O
,	O
implementing	O
rules	O
such	O
as	O
only	O
allowing	O
reviewers	O
to	O
criticize	O
a	O
book	O
itself	O
,	O
not	O
author	O
behaviour	O
or	O
political	O
affiliations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Critics	O
of	O
Goodreads	B-Application
have	O
considered	O
this	O
decision	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
form	O
of	O
censorship	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
form	O
of	O
extortion	O
scam	O
known	O
as	O
"	O
review	O
bombing	O
"	O
,	O
in	O
which	O
trolls	O
post	O
numerous	O
1-star	O
ratings	O
and	O
poor	O
reviews	O
on	O
an	O
author	O
's	O
new	O
book	O
from	O
different	O
sock-puppet	O
accounts	O
to	O
make	O
the	O
book	O
look	O
bad	O
(	O
sometimes	O
demanding	O
money	O
or	O
that	O
the	O
author	O
quit	O
Goodreads	B-Application
usage	O
to	O
stop	O
the	O
bad	O
reviews	O
from	O
coming	O
in	O
)	O
,	O
has	O
also	O
been	O
widely	O
reported	O
as	O
a	O
growing	O
form	O
of	O
bullying	O
on	O
Goodreads	B-Application
,	O
targeting	O
both	O
traditional	O
and	O
self-published	O
authors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Popular	O
fantasy	B-Application
novelist	O
Rin	O
Chupeco	O
has	O
noted	O
that	O
authors	O
from	O
marginalized	O
groups	O
are	O
often	O
a	O
target	O
,	O
and	O
she	O
also	O
criticized	O
the	O
minimalist	O
approach	O
Goodreads	B-Application
takes	O
to	O
moderation	O
,	O
saying	O
,	O
"	O
Goodreads	B-Application
only	O
removes	O
reviews	O
that	O
specifically	O
target	O
the	O
author	O
,	O
but	O
they	O
do	O
not	O
do	O
that	O
for	O
every	O
book	O
,	O
either	O
—	O
just	O
for	O
the	O
authors	O
with	O
big	O
enough	O
marketing	O
and	O
publicity	O
teams	O
to	O
demand	O
these	O
removals.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
victims	O
of	O
review	O
bombing	O
have	O
pointed	O
out	O
that	O
once	O
a	O
record	O
for	O
a	O
book	O
is	O
created	O
on	O
Goodreads	B-Application
,	O
even	O
if	O
the	O
book	O
has	O
never	O
been	O
released	O
to	O
the	O
public	O
,	O
is	O
not	O
in	O
fact	O
a	O
"	O
book	O
"	O
by	O
Goodreads	B-Application
's	O
definition	O
,	O
or	O
will	O
never	O
be	O
released	O
to	O
the	O
public	O
due	O
to	O
errors	O
or	O
delays	O
in	O
publishing	O
,	O
one-star	O
ratings	O
can	O
still	O
appear	O
from	O
accounts	O
with	O
no	O
access	O
to	O
the	O
title	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
Goodreads	B-Application
allows	O
reviews	O
for	O
any	O
book	O
record	O
as	O
soon	O
as	O
it	O
first	O
appears	O
on	O
Goodreads	B-Application
,	O
and	O
cannot	O
verify	O
that	O
any	O
account-holder	O
in	O
fact	O
owns	O
the	O
book	O
they	O
claim	O
to	O
have	O
read	O
,	O
there	O
is	O
no	O
clear	O
way	O
to	O
police	O
this	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
authors	O
have	O
suggested	O
that	O
Goodreads	B-Application
take	O
a	O
stricter	O
approach	O
to	O
public	O
review	O
postings	O
in	O
the	O
same	O
manner	O
that	O
Amazon	B-Application
has	O
done	O
in	O
the	O
past	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
requiring	O
a	O
telephone	O
number	O
,	O
a	O
verified	O
account	O
by	O
email	O
address	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
real	O
name	O
before	O
any	O
account-holder	O
can	O
post	O
public	O
ratings	O
or	O
reviews	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
early	O
2021	O
,	O
Amazon	B-Application
removed	O
all	O
new	O
and	O
used	O
copies	O
of	O
William	O
Luther	O
Pierce	O
's	O
white	O
supremacist	O
novel	O
The	O
Turner	O
Diaries	O
from	O
sales	O
on	O
its	O
platform	O
and	O
subsidiary	O
platforms	O
,	O
citing	O
concerns	O
with	O
the	O
QAnon	O
movement	O
as	O
the	O
cause	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
result	O
,	O
Goodreads	B-Application
,	O
an	O
Amazon	B-Application
company	I-Application
,	O
stripped	O
the	O
metadata	O
from	O
its	O
record	O
for	O
the	O
offending	O
title	O
,	O
segregating	O
The	O
Turner	O
Diaries	O
to	O
its	O
"	O
NOT	O
A	O
BOOK	O
"	O
author	O
moniker	O
(	O
a	O
category	O
typically	O
used	O
to	O
weed	O
non-book	O
items	O
and	O
plagiarized	O
titles	O
from	O
the	O
platform	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
