Do you write book reviews? Do you post them on Goodreads.com apart from your own book blog or Amazon account? If yes, then you must read this article.
Goodreads.com is such an amazing IMDB + Social Media for books. I have been using it for 7 years now. The interface might not be the most dynamic and user-friendly but I think it is a great platform to meet with like-minded people who read books. Finding new books through reviews and connecting with authors are other perks of using it.
Recently, a platform for authors and readers alike called BookSirens.com launched an amazing tool that analyzes your reviewer’s profile on Goodreads.com. They did mine, and the results are more interesting than I expected.
A bit about Booksirens.com?
There are many platforms out there I have seen for Book bloggers where they can get free ebooks. In return, they have to provide a review of the book assigned or interested. Many such platforms run an emailing list that you can subscribe too and then your inbox will get full of it book review requests. Then there are platforms such as Netgalley.com where you have to browse for books and send in a request you like to read.
BookSirens tries to follow the model of the first one however they would not spam your inbox. Its working is different and supports many bestseller and indie authors at the same time. They have a directory of book bloggers around the world in different genres and interests. Their listing of Book bloggers is public and free to use for the authors and do have paid option for connecting with hundreds of readers.
Analyzing a Book Reviewer’s Profile: The Right Way
BookSirens is not a typical marketing tool where authors pay to lure reviewers. It is similar to Netgalley in terms of getting only the interested readers for a specific book. They recently launched a tool where it reviews each and every data from your Goodreads.com profile and displays it in a more statistical and detailed manner. The type of data they are using already made public by Goodreads so do not worry about being snooped.
They invited me to try their tool and first I thought Goodreads already provide stats for every book read in my profile. What are they trying to do differently? What is their goal? With these questions, I politely gave in. The result was amazing.
It analyses these results on the basis of what you have read so far. I am Top 20% in Reading Diversity.
Not only that, it checks your reading taste and what you prefer most to read. This is classified in two sections, Primary and Secondary.
Looks like I should read more Fiction! 😅With that, it tells you about the topics, themes and characters you include in your reviews.
But one of the most amazing analysis for me in the overall was this. It is called the Early Adopter vs. Late Adopter. I have never seen anything like this before on Goodreads and find it useful to concentrate on which books in my TBR currently.
Lastly, along with others that I have missed out in this post, there are other useful patterns.
I think this is a very helpful analysis of one’s profile. If you take your reviewer’s profile or book blogging seriously than I do think you should join BookSirens.com.
👉 👉 You can check my complete profile here! 👈 👈
DISCLAIMER:
In no way I am getting compensate for writing this article. I am not trying to promote anything related to BookSirens.com or Goodreads.com. All I am trying to do is spread out the word for fellow book bloggers who can use this tool for their own benefits. All the stats shared here are based on Goodreads.com and their public API.
Special Thanks to Mr. Dhruv Garg for telling me about BookSirens.com.
That is utterly fascinating. It seems I could use it to determine how much credence I wanted to give to any one reviewer. Am I correct in assuming I could analyze another person’s reviewing history?
Correct, assuming they share their ReaderRank profile URL with the public, like Aman.
Yes you are right.
Interesting.
Indeed. 🙃