Folks:  Goodreads has made the switch.  In less than five hours (midnight on January 30, 2012), Goodreads must have removed all Amazon imported information, and they’ve already started.  Over the last week Goodreads has been working diligently to make sure no books are lost, but inevitably, some were not rescued in time.  Everyone, but AUTHORS ESPECIALLY, should head over to Goodreads at some point soon and take a look at their books.  I just double checked mine, and I’m missing about half of the covers of my 800 books—mainly because the cover art was imported directly from Amazon.  Some of the books missing their cover art are also missing their synopsis, so double check that everything is there.

If something’s missing, and you have librarian status, this is a relatively easy fix as you can go in yourself and make the necessary changes.  But, be sure that you don’t just copy and paste photos from Amazon.  Photos copied from Amazon are banned–especially cover art that states, “Look Inside.  Kindle Edition.”  Please be careful as the new rules from Amazon are now in place and Goodreads isn’t allowed to use ANYTHING of theirs.

If you aren’t a librarian, but you know one (like me), and you have all the information that’s gone missing for a particular book, send the librarian an email and see if they can get your books fixed for you.  You can contact me via abookvacation(at)gmail(dot)com OR through an email to A Book Vacation on Goodreads.

Good luck!