I recently joined Bookhype when a fellow wordpresser left WP because of the forsaken block editor. It seemed the best way to keep track of what she was still reading. I’m usually willing to experiment on new book sites just to see what they have to offer. Who knows, maybe I’ll find another Booklikes (well, it COULD happen). You can find me HERE.
I have to admit, it’s pretty limited. I can add all the data I want and even like and comment but the notification side of things is almost non-existent. There is no way to be notified if someone likes or comments on a review (at least not that I could find). You can import your devilreads export file (which is what I did to get all the books I’ve read this year quickly onto Bookhype) so they do realize most people don’t want to start from scratch.
They do have a cool looking “stats” page with all the graphics I could ask for. The problem is, I can’t save any of them as pictures to use on my own blog. I’d have to screen shot, edit and then faff about and with all that work, I might as well make my own graphics. So close and yet such a fail.
It seems to be very Twitter oriented. I’m not on Twitter and have no intention of joining that cesspit, so that isn’t a plus for me.
I’m going to keep using this until at least the end of year just to see how it shakes out. If they don’t get some sort of notification system for the likes and comments though, I don’t see myself staying there.
Have you used Bookhype? If you have, what’s your experience been like?
No, but I use wordpress, and I’ve found the interactions to be life-affirming and rewarding.
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Life affirming eh? You’ve either got some really awesome online friends, or more likely (as I tend to know those same people 😉 ) you just have really low standards! 😀
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It’s a combination of the two, both are true…
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Never heard of it. I use Goodreads to keep track and stay connected. Yes, it’s got its problems but I love it nonetheless.
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I think bookhype just launched this year, so I would be surprised if a lot of people had heard of them.
I’ve been testing the waters with goodreads again, this year but not putting up any reviews. Devilreads isn’t trusted, what with their “we’ll censor anything, anytime for any reason and give you no recourse” attitude. It’s why I left back in ’13 😀
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They‘ve merged a couple of my reviews but never censored anything from me. I haven’t yet found a platform better suited to my requirements and I‘ll stay there and feed them my reviews and network.
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I have honestly no intentions of joining other block platforms. I have gotten used to the new block editor now, and have little to no problems with it (doesn’t mean I like it though😂). But naw, I’m sticking to wordpress…I would be sad to all of a sudden give all this up, and I would miss too many things…like interacting with my fellow Iron Masters!😀😀
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Just wondering, what makes you think you have to give up one to use the other?
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🤔🤔 Good question, I guess the answer is time😂I already have problems keeping up with running one blog, let alone two!😂😂
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Gotcha. That makes total sense…
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Bookhype looks cool but I’m just going to stick to WordPress. Also, unrelated: I love your tags–#blockeditorsucks. 😀
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I “think” bookhype is more geared towards people looking for their next read to be suggested to them (like that’s a real problem for any serious book worm, right?), but am not sure. I just like trying out the various options I have available to me.
Oh man, that tag. I created it the first time I had the block editor shoved down my throat. I still get upset just thinking about it and how it was handled. sigh…
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I’m sure I’m signed up but I only logged in a couple of times to experiment and see what it has to offer.
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And that’s kind of what I’m doing. I’ve tried the liking and commenting, MDB is there and active, but without any way to get some back and forth, what’s the point? I don’t want to be a bookworm in a vacuum…
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Exactly!
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I hadn’t heard of Bookhype before you mentioned it here. Not sure I’m interested either going on what you’ve said.
I have now completely ditched Goodreads and use Story Graph. It’s still in beta, there are things I’d like to do with it but can’t, but having moved I am now just too irritated to try and find something that fits me better. Plus Story Graph has a nice clean look to it which sooths my soil somewhat… 😁
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With storygraph, can you comment/like and get notifications for them?
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I don’t think you can comment (yet) but I don’t know if that’s something that is planned for future StoryGraph updates. I did notice that there’s the option to like updates, though since I only have one person I’m following on there so far I don’t know if you get notified about them.
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You can comment and like, yes. I don’t think you can get notifications… no. And following other people on there isn’t intuitive.
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Thanks.
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Goodreads has all I want. Friends’ reviews are very, very valuable to me. I also use librarything, which also has good quality reviews, but the social side is less.
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I’ve got enough issues with devilreads that I’ll never post my reviews there anymore. Glad it works for you though.
I joined LT as well and follow one or two people from my booklike’s days. Amazing how the daisy chain goes 😀
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I’ve never really understood your issues with Goodreads, except you got some bad comments?
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Threatening to have my hands put in a blender, among other things. That wasn’t directly on Devildreads, but it happened there.
But the biggest issue is the “reviews must be about the book” issue that they came up with in ’13. It sounds like a great idea, except it means they’re dictating what must be in a review and yet at the same time it is so vague that they can interpret it however they want. It opened things up to mob justice of “we don’t like Review X, ban it, it’s not on topic”. The biggest issue is that it wasn’t like that before. They were YOUR reviews and you could put in them whatever you wanted (that didnt violate TOS). But they changed the tos without telling people and made things so arbitrary.
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Never had any issues with that. And the policy is policed/enforced by telltale social justice users I assume?
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It was back in ’13 anyway…
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It looks interesting but I don’t like that notification issue you mentioned and there are already lot of platforms to manage. I’m not going to add another one.
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I’m always on the lookout for a new way to backup my reviews. But without notifications, I suspect bookhype isn’t going to work for me.
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No idea what this is, but thanks for checking it out for us.
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No problem. Always glad to enlighten you about things you don’t really need to be enlightened about anyway 😀
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I think I’ll stay on WP despite the execrable new editor (I spent ages trying to align the Two-Shot post we did with Piotrek today). I’m happy with GR for now, though I don’t comment there much – this I do only here 😀
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Finding a place that is “good enough” seems to be about the pinnacle of what one can do today
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That’s a very NZ sentiment 😆 “good enough” lets one lay back and relax… Until the couch underneath breaks down 🤣🤣
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This is the first I’ve heard of Bookhype and while it looks easy on the eyes, I can understand it still needs to go through some… growing pains – still, I’m happy with WordPress and getting on better terms (i.e. armed truce 😀 ) with the new editor, so between this and Library Thing for my “storage” I’m not looking for any other venue. Still, it’s interesting to learn about new possibilities…
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Yep, exploring options ahead of time is something my time at Booklikes taught me. Don’t wait until things get so bad that you’re pulling your hair out to check out the alternatives.
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Blogger is just getting me down with non stop issues, something different every day it seems. You solve one and *bam* another issue pops up. I want to keep using my blog but it’s draining me at the moment. There seems to be no host or book site that doesn’t have something lacking.
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Yep, no matter where you turn, there’s a big issue in one way or another.
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While I can’t see myself switching platforms, I do have to admit that most of the others never sound as appealing as this one + Goodreads to meet all my needs for the time being hehe
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Once this year is done, I suspect I’ll stop cross posting at devilreads and bookhype and go back to the trifecta of wordpress, blogger and librarything, plus my offline calibre library. Even blogger is on the plate though, as with their new changes, I have to do as much work massaging what I wrote in Openoffice to work there as I do here at WP.
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Have to say that I commend you on trying other sites and giving feedback here. Ive had my issues with the block editor, but I am getting into a sort of rythm with it now. If my post dont do well I wont be too beat up about it anymore, this year has been bad enough to make a fuss about how it all looks…. Thank yo for sharing your thoughts on book hype. I’ll pass…
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I think familiarity will help with the block editor. As long as they don’t keep changing things (which they have by the way. grrrrr!)
Without some communication tools, bookhype isn’t going to be for me either. I’ll be dropping it at the new years.
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