Divergent Shows Off Its Goodreads Choice Win


Posted by Patrick on February 28, 2012 175283

Goodreads just got some real-world cred. This past December Veronica Roth’s dystopian novel Divergent took home top honors in the Goodreads Choice Awards for Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction and went on to win the biggest prize of all, Favorite Book of 2011. Its publisher, Harper Collins, decided to celebrate the win by placing a special Goodreads Choice Winner badge on the paperback edition. The paperback debuts today, and here is the cover in all its Goodreads glory:

Hopefully, it won’t be long before the Goodreads Choice badge is as common as the Oprah’s Book Club sticker once was. Congratulations again to Veronica Roth for her win and to all the readers who voted for her!

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Hiring at Goodreads: New Opening for Hyperintelligent Pandimensional Mice


Posted by Jessica on April 01, 2012 603238

Goodreads is hiring for the following positions. Click to read more and apply on our jobs page:

Today, we’d like to spotlight our newest open position:
Hyperintelligent Pandimensional Mice

Goodreads, a US Top 150 site and the 10th largest social networking site in the galaxy, is seeking Hyperintelligent Pandimensional Mice to take charge of the Goodreads Recommendation Engine, the third greatest supercomputer in the Universe of Space and Time designed to answer the Ultimate Question of What People Like to Read Next. Qualified mice should be comfortable analyzing the mind-boggling 20 billion data points of reader likes and dislikes recorded in the Goodreads catalog to calculate the staggering improbability of reader interest in any given book.

Note: We will also consider qualified dolphins for this position.

Proficient with SEP fields, bistromath, and complex functions involving telephone numbers.Knowledge of the Great Hyperlobic Omni-Cognate Neutron Wrangler operating system.Ability to predict personality problems to ten decimal places.Quick learner, must be able to pick up frighteningly elegant new technologies quickly.Experience with protrusion into other reading dimensions a plus.Must carry own towel.Are not prone to panicking.Come equipped with own Babel fish.If cybernetic, come loaded with pleasant GPP.Know better than to muck about in hyperspace.Our environment is highly supportive, friendly, and mostly harmless.We are the galaxy’s largest site for readers, froods, and book recommendations.Our mission is to help people find and share books they love. Along the way, we plan to improve the process of reading and learning throughout the galaxy.Great location: Our office in downtown San Francisco, catty-corner from the Restaurant at the End of the Universe, is always stocked with cheese and an infinite supply of ballpoint pens.Our office culture includes a Brockian Ultra Cricket league, frequent trips to Disaster Area concerts, and regular Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster happy hours.

Please submit your résumé. You can also submit the following additional information now, or if you would prefer, later in our interview process: A code sample and a paragraph or two about why you want to work for Goodreads. For a limited time, we are offering state-of-the-art digital watches as a signing bonus. Don’t wait, come sass us today!

Update: As of April 2, 2012, the position has been filled. Thank you.
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