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Originally Posted by Rizla
There are a plethora of examples of very large and active forum-type sites that do not need to charge users money to stay alive. I cannot for the life of me see why a site dedicated to books and reviews should be any different.
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One obvious difference between Goodreads and a forum site is that there is plenty of forum software available, much of it free. I don't know of any free software available with Goodreads-like functionality, so it would have to be written from scratch, which means cost (in time, money or both).