Manny Rayner's book reviews

If you're wondering who the dummy is in the title of this book, it's me. I was such a dummy that I thought it would be difficult and time-consuming to move my content from Goodreads to BookLikes. But when Goodreads deleted three of my reviews the other day and sent me a mail threatening to close down my account, I decided I'd better learn more. I discovered that the process is in fact extremely simple. Here's what I did:

1. I went to the Goodreads import/export page and clicked on "export to a csv file" (top right).

2. This produced a CSV file. I saved it in a sensible place, remembering where I put it.

3. I opened a BookLikes account.

4. I went to this BookLikes page and clicked on "Import books from Goodreads: Choose file", giving the name of the CSV file where I'd saved my exported data in (2).

5. I clicked on "Import books from Goodreads: Import".

Then I just sat back and let it do the importing until it sent me a mail to say it was finished. I looked at a few sample reviews and shelves, and everything I checked seemed fine. My total investment of time was a few minutes.

It's improved my peace of mind considerably. Try it yourself.

A note to the manager of the Goodreads employee responsible for the new censorship policy

As a direct result of your subordinate's actions, one of your most loyal reviewers has just copied all his Goodreads content to a site that is competing with you. He has also posted detailed instructions showing about three thousand friends and followers how to do the same thing.

Here are a few possible reasons why your subordinate could have acted as they have:

- They are very stupid.

- They are a frustrated self-published author who has been hanging out too much on StGRB.

- They are intentionally trying to sabotage Goodreads.

You may wish to spend a moment thinking about whether this person is an asset or a liability to your company.