Goodreads

Dec 18, 2014 13:50

As most of you are probably aware, there has been a recent rush of concern about fanfics being listed on Goodreads without the permission of the authors. I was one such author, and so I emailed Goodreads to ask them to remove my stories from their site. The company was very good about it and, as of this morning, my stories are no longer listed on ( Read more... )

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quickreaver December 18 2014, 19:17:45 UTC
Amen.

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cleflink December 18 2014, 19:21:32 UTC
*fist bump*

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twisting_vine_x December 19 2014, 02:04:43 UTC
Glad you managed to get your stuff taken down. :)

And thanks for letting me know that this is a thing that's been happening... one of my stories appears to listed on there too, unfortunately... any chance you may still have the specific email you used to get in contact with? Methinks I'm definitely gonna do the same thing. Mraw.

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cleflink December 19 2014, 02:36:19 UTC
The world, she is silly sometimes. *shakes head*

I just used the web form under their 'contact me' link.

If it helps, this is a copy of the comment I sent:
Hello,

I recently discovered that several pieces of fan literature written by myself were listed on your website. While these stories have been posted on my personal blog, they are not published works and never shall be. No one has asked my permission to list them here. Your FAQ indicates that, under these circumstances, you may be willing to remove them from your database. Is this something that you will do for me?

This is the author page on Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7047472.cleflink

Thank you, I look forward to hearing from you.

Best,
cleflink

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twisting_vine_x December 23 2014, 05:50:15 UTC
Ooooh, most excellent! Thank you, I really appreciate it. Hopefully if they helped you out, they'll help me out, too. Much obliged. :)

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