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‘Reading is part of my identity’: the woman taking on Goodreads owner Amazon | Software engineer and developer Nadia Odunayo created the social media readers’ platform StoryGraph and its popularity has rocketed


Software engineer and developer Nadia Odunayo created the social media readers’ platform StoryGraph and its popularity has rocketed

For 18 years, bibliophiles have been able to catalogue their ­reading, leave reviews and star ratings, and get recommendations for their next read on Goodreads, which was set up by two Stanford University alumni from California. Its interface looks clunky, and the features are limited … I’ve found Goodreads’ recommendations underwhelming and heavily skewed toward popular titles.” The StoryGraph, despite its ­climbing user numbers, is still run by Odunayo, who puts videos on Instagram and social media, talking about the app and her own reading, and answers direct messages personally.

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