[bgalbrecht]

Do I want to belong to a social networking site like goodreads, which is publisher agnostic, and includes out of print books, indie-presses and self-published books, or do I want to join one run by publishers and appears to have the goal of steering me to in-print books from major publishers? Since they're also planning to sell books directly, it sounds like it's meant to be a direct attack on Amazon and its self-publishing business (and to a lesser extent, B&N and its self-publishing business).