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Old 04-08-2013, 05:47 AM   #181
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Originally Posted by CWatkinsNash View Post
While I'm in agreement that they don't want any competition, I don't see how it applies here. Goodreads doesn't sell books. They provide a feature that allows users to search their favorite places (not just stores, but also libraries and archives) for books, but it's not a primary feature of the site. (It's an awkward feature anyway, which can be tricky to use, so I can't be the only one who often finds it easier to just open up a new tab and search for the book myself.)

The only way Goodreads will disappear is if Goodreads / Amazon pulls some sort of boneheaded move that causes everyone to leave. I'm not ruling that out, mind you; as I stated previously, I'm taking a wait and see approach. But I don't believe Amazon bought it to kill it like they've done with others. They now have access to the data of 13 million readers - I don't see them tossing that in the trash on purpose.
It competes with Shelfari. What I would expect is an eventual migration of everyone over to Shelfari. And no, they arent going to trash the data, they will mine it for all its worth (before anything changes). And that is worth quite a lot, I imagine.
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