Are Goodreads reviews public?
“Although Goodreads offers a private profile option, all book reviews are public and viewable on the book page. “Although Goodreads offers a private profile option, all book reviews are public and viewable on the book page.
Are book reviews credible?
Amazon reviews are just as likely to give an accurate summary of a book’s quality as those of professional newspapers, according to a study from Harvard Business School.
Can I keep Goodreads reviews private?
Reviews can’t be made private. You could add them to your private notes.
Can I keep Goodreads private?
Unfortunately Goodreads doesn’t offer the ability to make bookshelves private. One of the reasons we started Goodreads was to see our friends’ reviews and share our own. In the meantime, a suggested workaround is creating a secret group, and using its bookshelves to document books you’d like to keep private.
Can I review my own book on Goodreads?
Authors are allowed to rate one edition from each of their books, as long as they do so from their Goodreads Author account. This adds a note next to the rating that says “Review from the author”. In the end, whether you choose to rate your own books or not is up to your own personal preference.
Where can I find credible book reviews?
The sources listed below are some of the most common places to find them.
- Amazon.com. Amazon.com offers book reviews of many of the book titles it sells.
- Barnes & Noble.
- Complete Review.
- GoodReads Reviews.
- LibraryThing Reviews.
- LJ Reviews.
- New York Times Book Review (free selections)
- School Library Journal Reviews+
Where can you usually find book reviews?
A book is usually reviewed in the year that it is published, or the following year or two. Book reviews are published in journals, magazines, and newspapers.