03-30-2013, 01:31 AM | #76 | |
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03-30-2013, 01:49 AM | #77 |
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Mark Coker of Smashwords has some interesting thoughts on the acquisition.
http://goodereader.com/blog/electron...eads-what-now/ |
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03-30-2013, 05:09 AM | #78 |
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What a shame. I enjoyed Goodreads as an independent and non-commercial alternative to Amazon.
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03-30-2013, 05:36 AM | #79 |
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You had to know that something like this was the ultimate aim of the goodreads people, but it's still irksome.
The web 2.0 business model where you set up some structure, get users to provide content, then sell the data they put up is getting on my nerves. |
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I suppose Amazon used a very small percentage of the money they saved with tax-avoidance to buy Goodreads.
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Straight from the horse's mouth, via Paid Content:
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The Kindle integration looks to be on the Kindle side, not on the website itself. More details at the source, above. Those inclined to angst will continue to angst but it doesn't sound like they intend to meddle or disrupt what Goodreads does. You don't spend $150M on something just to destroy it. Last edited by fjtorres; 03-30-2013 at 07:41 AM. |
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You can find here a blog post from Hugh Howey, who was quoted commenting the acquisition by many press releases.
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03-30-2013, 11:07 AM | #83 |
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03-30-2013, 11:40 AM | #84 |
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03-30-2013, 12:08 PM | #85 | |
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03-30-2013, 12:17 PM | #86 |
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People are really deleting their accounts? Nothing has changed yet!
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03-30-2013, 12:20 PM | #87 |
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This thread is revealing an amazing amount Amazon hate.
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Readers of Books will ALWAYS be a minority....
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