Goodreads, a book club on our mobile!

October 13, 2015

Goodreads is the "cultural" social media where 40 million people around the world read alone but, in fact, together.

Do you feel like reading a new book but don't know which one? Instead of looking in the internet, in the best-selling bookshops and newspaper reviews, trust the Goodreads. It is a social network that gives the opportunity to real people book lovers write reviews of the books they have read and pass on their experience, good or bad, to others. The app also features barcode scanner, with which you can scan the barcode on the back of your book and immediately enter it into one of your lists.

Right now, members of the Goodreads is 40 millions bookworms, while there are recorded 43 million reviews.

Of course, interactivity is everywhere. You can at any time update the status your progress with the book you're reading, e.g. what page you're on or how much of the book you've read, or how much of the book you've read. book (in percentage) you have finished. You can make comments at status of your friends and suggest books worth reading.

5 ways to make the most of the Goodreads

1. Use it as a book list

All those books you want to read but forget to write down so you can buy them the next time you're in the bookstore. With the Goodreads, you can add them to the list "To read" and consult it whenever you intend to buy new readings. You can make as many lists as you like and categorize them according to your tastes, mood, topic.

2. Connect the app to your Facebook page

To Facebook and the Goodreads are inseparable friends. You can connect the two social media so you can let your friends know your reading progress and give them ideas for theirs. You can also share quotes from favourite books or authors you love.

3. Interact with book suggestions

One of the most common and useful features of Goodreads is book recommendations. Not just the ones that the book itself makes. Goodreads, based on the books you've already read, but also those from your friends and followers. If you have a favourite read, you can recommend it to your friends and encourage them to read it too.

4. Try a reading challenge

The reading challenge is one of the most interesting features of the Goodreads. You can choose a number of books that you intend to read in a year and try to do so. Each time you complete a book, it is added to the list and you find motivation to move on to the next one. If you love reading but can't find the time, this is a way to struggle and keep the promise you made to Goodreads.

5. Win free books

Many authors give away their new novels long before they are released to members of the Goodreads, especially if they are young people just entering the book market. But you may also find books by famous authors who want to promote their work in this way. Keep your eyes open for these kinds of offers, which are often in electronic format.

The app of Goodreads is available for iOS and Android but you can also manage your account from the site of. From the 2013, The Goodreads belongs to Amazon.

From mirelen.