Goodreads Mobs Censor Books Pre-Release

Coordinated low‑star ratings and social‑media pile‑ons on Goodreads can kill a book before it reaches stores. Publishers and authors preemptively revise, delay, or cancel to avoid sales risk, even when accusations are about setting or character politics rather than content quality. This shifts editorial control from professionals to crowd campaigns. — It shows how platform crowd power governs cultural speech upstream of the market and the state, narrowing what ideas reach print.