How Storygraph Works & Why I Left Goodreads

Sharing how I use Storygraph, the better reading tracker app.
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[@BecxReadz]

Are you on Storygraph?

[@grafffuller3265]

Yes, and love it.

[@jeffreygao3956]

I'm fine with it.

[@wtf.iswrongwithella]

Yes I do and I love it so much.

[@readinglegend1155]

YES just requested you as a friend

[@jodydiou]

Yes

[@harmonyln7]

If you like tracking your reading progress, it can be fun to see how many pages you read a day or in the month. Then again I tend to be reading so much, I forget to update the story graph at the end of the day. I like the did not finish feature, because in goodreads I had to make a separate shelf.

[@BecxReadz]

i love that did not finish feature as well because i dnf frequently

[@anisa2273]

agree with your thoughts, and i also use grs just to see the genres and tags for books. i left grs for the same reasons but also because I felt I was prioritizing my audience over actually enjoying books, as I felt the pressure to make updates constantly, and review books and arcs and after deleting it I felt a huge weight being off my shoulders. the only thing I regret is not backing up my reviews before deleting as I miss them...

[@BecxReadz]

Oh no, that would suck. I'm glad it took some weight off your mind though.

[@galanig4072]

Storygraph is so good! I like it's statistics, and sometimes participate in challenges even. As I often can read like 10 books at the same time (for different moods, etc.) storygraph is very useful to track them

[@BecxReadz]

It's amazing and such a better platform

[@Whitestripe71]

I've never used goodreads - I've tried several times, but I could never get on with it. But today I've created a storygraph account and started using it, and my initial impressions are really positive. I've found this video very helpful, thanks, and you've given a comprehensive overview of storygraph's features very well. Thanks again, very helpful! 📱

[@BecxReadz]

You're welcome. Hope you enjoy it.

[@EzzyDT]

I love Story Graph. I like all the features you mention in addition to not being the product. Thanks for the information.

[@BecxReadz]

Thanks for watching

[@EzzyDT]

@@BecxReadz Thanks again. Did you see the new read-along feature introduced today? I think it's a game-changer.

[@anisa2273]

@@EzzyDT yes and they also added a more advanced recommendations section, it's great how they constantly update things and listen to our feedback!

[@EzzyDT]

@@anisa2273 I firmly believe that if you are not paying for something, you are the product. I love storygraph. I am not way associated with Storygraph, I am just a customer. I can't wait to start reading my favorite book and going to Storygraph to discuss every chapter. I hope all booktube will start posting chapter dives on storygraph.

[@gamewrit0058]

Wonderful walkthrough. I currently use a spiral-bound planner/calendar to track what I've been reading, especially if I liked it and want to remember the author to share with a friend who meets with me monthly for a coffee and book chat. I signed up for good reads years ago because someone wanted to connect with me there, but I never used it. I was excited when Storygraph was first announced--it's a fantastic, reader-focused project--but I only recently started tracking some of my reading, and I haven't tried it yet.

[@BecxReadz]

If you like stats and graphs it's hood for that but if a notebook works for you and you don't care about everything else, you won't be sad not to start.

[@jamesadado9678]

Good job. Excellent video. I'm tired of Goodreads faults and happy there is an alternative. Your video pointed out some of the areas I missed. Thank you!

[@BecxReadz]

Thanks for watching

[@books4everafter]

Thanks for showing Storygraph and going through the comparison with Goodreads. I tried Storygraph last year, and doing Goodreads too. I found it hard to manage both. There are more features I like on Storygraph, so maybe I will try again.

[@BecxReadz]

I wouldn't be able to do both.

[@juliesbooklandreviews]

I do both but I have the ability to keep up with it but i understand why people choose use either or both.

[@llamabean529]

I honestly like the reading journal for my audiobooks because on one app I can't bookmark or add notes, so it means I don't have to use my notes app

[@barneysoldierson54]

I use Excel to track my books 😎

[@BecxReadz]

Nice, I haven't touched excel in sooooo long I'm afraid I've forgotten how to use it lol

[@anisa2273]

same, but i also use storygraph for fun

[@LilyEvans1996]

Why excel and not the Storygraph? What do you like about excel :)

[@ReadingIDEAS.-uz9xk]

Best wishes with your reading choices. I hope you are reading something good. On to 1000 subscribers.

[@BecxReadz]

Thank you

[@happily_ever_april]

I tried to move to storygraph 3 separate times and each time I just couldn't. I like a lot of the features like the graphs and the book buddy reading stuff. but ultimate the reviewing part drove me nuts. I could never find where to write in your review. it was only the questions/categories and it felt more cumbersome and time consuming than goodreads. I haven't tried again in a few years so maybe it's changed.

[@BecxReadz]

Change is hard.

[@maritekpl]

You know, you don't have to fill in those questions if you don't want to. I never do.

[@deacongirls4227]

I use both but do prefer Storygraph and its rating system.

[@BecxReadz]

I do love their rating system

[@susannaheanes]

📲📱📱Excellent review - I left Goodreads and love Storygraph too, even though I’ve been a Goodreads librarian for over a decade. The things I hate most about it definitely include all the things you said, but most of all, it’s the fact that there are so many books with errors that I spent waaaaaaay too much time correcting. Amazon automatically brings books over and their uploads are *full* of errors - everything from the wrong covers to books with no pages, author names in the title line, so frustrating. I literally never go there anymore because if I did all I would do is fix errors and life is too short for that nonsense. But you’re right, overall it’s a sad, frustrating site and it’s just gone downhill since Amazon’s purchase.

[@BecxReadz]

Did you get paid for that job?? Cause if not, whew that's a lot to do for free. Storygraph now has it where users can import missing or incorrect information which is so nice.

[@susannaheanes]

@@BecxReadz lmao nope, the Librarians are all volunteers. It started out as a labor of love that was co-opted into what felt more like slavery when Amazon came along. Yeah, it sucked. Goodreads is run mostly by volunteers, who are really powerless to make any changes to the site or do anything really useful, like remove bot reviews. Without them it would be even worse, and as far as I could see, until enough of us quit the site owners have no impetus to fix the real problems.

[@fiofeed]

📱📱 Thanks!

[@yoda5484]

The only good thing about Goodreads is its big book's database, the rest of it just sucks.

[@BecxReadz]

Yup yup agree

[@jeffreygao3956]

And the ability to make lists.

[@angelsrosena]

I had so many Brazilian books I wanted to add there but never could, because I don’t have the librarian permission and when you ask them to do that for you it takes years due to the amount of books they have to add. So sad.

[@BecxReadz]

Have you tried importing the info yourself now that they have that option?

[@hugh_dancy]

ty for this informative review (cellphone emoji)

[@BecxReadz]

Thanks for watching

[@ed3n_x0]

1:55 how do i change my settings? its irritating CONSTANTLY seeing notifications like "_____ liked that you marked this book as 'want to read'" for a bunch of different books happy reading :)

[@BecxReadz]

For goodreads?? You can't change the setting so you don't see that from other accounts, they have to change that setting. You can change your own setting so others don't see those notifications from you. That's what I hated.

[@futurestoryteller]

This is kinda beside the point but constant updates _can_ be a bad thing. Because in the name of "changing things up" websites have been known, on occasion, to remove features that are popular; or not popular, but that have great value, or utility to the minority that use them. "Updates" for the sake of updates. KZbin has traditionally been of this class of updaters.

[@BecxReadz]

That is true. I feel like Storygraph has done a good job of updating with functional updates so far.

[@tammieweaver5436]

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[@jeffreygao3956]

I don't care for reading progress tracking! I just want books to be properly catalogued instead of labeled NOT A BOOK!

[@BecxReadz]

All books are books.

[@Day-tm2pb]

I am asking myself why to track books? Isn’t that what the library and/ virtual library is for? Why would I need to track my books? 😳🤷‍♀️

[@BecxReadz]

You don't. Some people just like to know what and how many they read and fun statistics cause we're nerdy dorks. 😃

[@BecxReadz]

You don't. Some people just like to know what and how many they read and fun statistics cause we're nerdy dorks. 😃

[@Day-tm2pb]

@@BecxReadz love that answer, thank you. From a shameless nerd to another. 😇

[@anisa2273]

because not all the books we read are from libraries, and we like to do so for fun, so we can look back at the statistics and stuff

[@mtnshelby7059]

Goodreads is very predictable, it's basic, it's easy to avoid the pitfalls mentioned.

[@BecxReadz]

It does it for some people.

[@TerriStClair8992]

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[@jodydiou]

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