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Guin, did you see this?
Posted: Fri Mar 29, 2013 7:55 pm
by Gob
Online retailer Amazon has said it will buy Goodreads, a book discovery and recommendation website.
San Francisco-based Goodreads was founded in 2007, has 16 million members and is one of the most prominent online communities for readers.
The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, and it is expected to be completed in the next quarter.
Amazon's electronic book service competes against a number of rivals including Google and Apple.
Goodreads is a social network for readers, where they can recommend, review and discover books. Users can also buy books from online retailers, including Amazon and Barnes and Noble.
"Amazon and Goodreads share a passion for reinventing reading," Russ Grandinetti, vice-president for Kindle content at Amazon, said in a statement.
Goodreads co-founder, Otis Chandler, said the deal would allow the company to move faster in bringing its user experience to more people around the world.
Re: Guin, did you see this?
Posted: Fri Mar 29, 2013 7:57 pm
by oldr_n_wsr
reinventing reading
Reading is still the same, you look at something and comprehend the words. What contains those words is what has changed. The skill of reading remains the same.
Re: Guin, did you see this?
Posted: Sat Mar 30, 2013 6:27 am
by Guinevere
I did. I love Goodreads - I use it to catalog what I've read and what I want to read. I hope -
Amazon lets it alone, mostly -- it's a pretty good source of reviews and feedback on books. If they limit themselves to merely linking their books to the reviews (which goodreads already does, but includes B&N and other sources, which I assume amazon will scrub), I'd be fine with it.
On an Amazon note, on Wednesday night at 9pm I ordered a book from their mobile app. It was in my hands on Thursday before noon. And because I'm a Prime member, plus I had a credit to my account because I had an issue with being able to cancel a magazine subscription for my Kindle, the whole transaction, for a new hardback book, cost me under $8. I can't really complain.