Thread: Amazon.com to Acquire Goodreads
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Old 03-30-2013, 05:56 PM   #107
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Originally Posted by Fbone View Post
Goodreads members and especially their librarians voluntarily spent many hours maintaining the site. Entering books, metadata, covers and series info. Plus all the reviews and ratings. Editing, editing, organizing and organizing. We're talking hundreds of hours each year all in sharing to make GR a success ... 16 million members and $150 million is evidence.

However, now that Amazon will soon own them there is little incentive for us to continue to do so. Will people volunteer their time to help Amazon earn more money? Some may feel a multi-billion dollar corporation can hire their own people to maintain their site. Doesn't feel like charity any more.
precisely my feeling - not sure whether I'll end up ditching Goodreads, but surely I am not going to work for amazon for free!
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