Joined February 2013
“@melody1228: I may not have won DABWAHA bracket but consolation prize from @SmartBitches makes it all ok! Cupcakes! xitter.cf/melody1228/status/3288…”
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I am still in twitter jail - hope to be paroled after lunch
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Sarah Wendell retweeted
#toccon What's Going On With Readers Today presentation by @otown at @toc ow.ly/hGrjq
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#tocconreal OK, session is over. Am going to rest so I can get out of jail. Thanks for paying attention!
#tocconreal Option was to stop authors from being able to comment on any reviews. Comm manager said +90% were positive interactions
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#tocconreal OC: tell authors if they get 1 star review, don't engage with reviewer. Bad idea, nothing good comes of it.
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#tocconreal OC: every once in awhile we get an author and reader who disagree. Sometimes they have nasty comment flame.
#tocconreal Can you comment on the sock puppet review issue?
#tocconreal DVDs offer option to have language option, so why not books? Why not ask readers what lang they want? (This is cool idea, dude)
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#tocconreal OC: Goodreads is not localized, all in English, there are users who add books in Persian and Indonesian
#tocconreal Q from Colombia: have you asked or noticed that readers in other countries are reading in Eng or other languages?
#tocconreal Multiscreens question: have you done research on multiscreen use? Answer: no, but someday. - OC
#tocconreal How much would readers be willing to pay for bundling? is reader question - OC will ask question in future survey
#tocconreal Focused on backlist - significant shift in popularity of books to unknown/backlist titles - OC
#tocconreal Our recommendation engine drives a lot of discoverability, when implemented, 60% lift in books being marked to read - OC
#tocconreal Q: are readers discovering books through GR recommendation feature? A: Yes. - oC
#tocconreal Not clear if trusted friend USED FB or Twitter to talk about that book , good point, but not part of survey- OC
#tocconreal Twitter/FB scored low on discoverability, while trusted friend scored high. Can you say more about the trusted friend? -Question
#tocconreal 50mm users, 60% in US. Pew survey: 90mm Americans read 1 book a month or more. - OC Gr wants more readers
#tocconreal Now open for questions: how is typical GR reader is different from typical book reader?