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Fantasy book community Tome shuts down

Rob Beschizza
May 07, 2026
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Goodreads remains the dominant social media site for readers, despite the almost total hatred they seem to have for it. It has two overwhelming advantages: it already has the users and it’s owned by Amazon. The latest competitor to shut down is Tome, which served readers of romantasy and similar genres. It was too expensive to operate on a use…

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