Talk:The StoryGraph

Removing promotional content

I've removed many quasi-promotional elements of the text. In the future, the article should be edited more carefully. It appears the site has been recieving a lot of media attention and promotion in the recent times, which has to be treated critically. A few things to note:

• Goodreads does have a "did not finish" option, but it is obscure to set up so the Storygraph reviewers were probably unaware of it. I removed the mention of the option as one of the advantages of SG over GR.

• The remarks regarding SG as an "alternative to Amazon's Goodreads" should be toned down to a reasonable level. It's a relevant part of the site's mission, but it's still only an another privately-owned book cataloguing site, not a revolutionary movement against Amazon and capitalism.

• The "Social impact" section had nothing to do with actual social impact. It describes the site as a success of one POC woman, which is for now a private, not social success. It is also beyond odd to claim GR is male-dominated, because its founders were a man and a woman and the current manager appears to be a woman. But regardless of that we have too little specific data on who works on the site, and should refrain from assumptions. I have removed the section entirely.

— Phazd (talk) 22:50, 31 January 2023 (UTC)

StoryGraph Focus

Need more info on the StoryGraph focus.

The title suggests a big part - a focus on stories. Fair enough, but when comparing to GoodReads, noting things like educational, factual books or similar non fiction books would be helpful. My cursory look at the site suggests that non fiction stories ( perhaps biographies) fall into it’s remit, but otherwise it is quite limited for non fiction.

I was interested in finding reviews of non fiction books and possibly writing my own reviews. I am doubtful this is a good platform for this, sadly.

The comments about GoodReads being owned by Amazon is relevant and how hard it is for competitors to enter this market. CuriousMarkE (talk) 05:08, 4 December 2024 (UTC)

Wiki Education assignment: Social Media FA25

This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 19 August 2025 and 2 December 2025. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Aglotuspond (article contribs). Peer reviewers: Love4Whippets.

— Assignment last updated by Mediamindedbw (talk) 13:17, 4 November 2025 (UTC)

Remove website from External links section?

The link to the website appears in both the infobox and in the External links section. This seems unnecessary to me. Should the latter be removed?
— Black Walnut ^talk 06:01, 20 January 2026 (UTC)

Seems like WP:ELOFFICIAL indicates it's conventional to include both. I switched the link at the bottom to use the "official website" template though. StereoFolic (talk) 07:22, 20 January 2026 (UTC)

Yes, I see. Thank you!
— Black Walnut ^talk 09:14, 20 January 2026 (UTC)

Add the Kobo x StoryGraph Integration

from Storygraph: their instagram, and other social media

from Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/news/deeper-reading-insights-unlocked-rakuten-kobo-and-storygraph-announce-integration ~2026-31507-77 (talk) 14:01, 26 May 2026 (UTC)

Added, thanks! StereoFolic (talk) 07:14, 27 May 2026 (UTC)