By Maris Kreizman New York - If you have not kept up with the latest scandal in the world of young adult publishing, it is a doozy. It involves a debut author with a lot of buzz, lies, clumsy alibis, “review bombing,” a long and sordid confession and, of course, Goodreads. Because whenever there is a meltdown in publishing, Goodreads, the Amazon-owned site that bills itself as “the largest site for readers and book recommendations,” is reliably at the center of it. You might wonder if Goodreads isn’t just an enabler of scandal but the problem itself.
The handy review tab can make or break, and now thousands of websites across the globe have given power to the people by adding a section encouraging consumers to rank its services.
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