Thread: Amazon.com to Acquire Goodreads
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Old 03-29-2013, 03:33 PM   #68
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Originally Posted by caleb72 View Post
Although I'm predominantly an Amazon customer and a pretty heavy user of GR, I'm not overwhelmed with joy.

I can see some potential clever integrations between the two being handy (at least for me), but bottom line - I would have preferred GR to remain a neutral book-lovers' site.
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Time to leave Goodreads I guess :-( What is the next best site that is still neutral?
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Originally Posted by Prestidigitweeze View Post
It isn't a question of liking or disliking Amazon. It's a question of preferring multiple sources of information to one.
All of the above. I'm rather disappointed by this news. I'm looking at some of the alternatives but none of them look as good as GR.
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