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View Poll Results: Are you a member of LibraryThing? | |||
Yes....I'm an author and its a way to get my books "out there" |
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3 | 2.24% |
Yes, I like the reviews/recommendations |
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18 | 13.43% |
Yes, I like the social networking aspect |
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9 | 6.72% |
Yes, I like the way I can manage my books there |
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31 | 23.13% |
Yes, I'm interested in what other people are reading |
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15 | 11.19% |
Yes, I like to post reviews on what I've read there |
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8 | 5.97% |
No, never heard of the place |
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69 | 51.49% |
I prefer Goodreads because (please post reason) |
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25 | 18.66% |
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 134. You may not vote on this poll |
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#76 | |
Is that a sandwich?
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Here is the press release from Amazon. http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix....146&highlight= Not saying this is a negative. Perhaps, all subsidiaries remain independent. Just thought it odd that Amazon would let LT charge a fee when Shelfari doesnt. The synergies between the three entities must be profitable or Amazon wouldnt have invested in it. Last edited by Fbone; 10-02-2010 at 08:43 PM. |
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Enjoying the show....
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Thanks for that.
However, the press release still says "minority stake".....so they don't really have any say in what or whether to charge, correct? If they own Shelfari outright, and don't charge, like you said, why would they charge for Library Thing? (Not being argumentative here, honest, just trying to clear things in my head, something no so easily done! ![]() |
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#78 | |
Is that a sandwich?
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This press release mentions the agreement Cambridge Information Group has with LT. And all this just by having less than 9% stake. http://newsbreaks.infotoday.com/News...ther-52416.asp So I figured Abebooks with Amazon would offer services and share revenue with LT eliminating the $10/25 fee. Unless Mr Spalding keeps the fee thinking only serious members would join. |
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Enjoying the show....
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Interesting how convoluted business partnerships can get, isn't it?
Well, $25 for a lifetime membership really isn't out of line.....as long as they don't go out of business. ![]() |
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Plan B Is Now In Force
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Never heard of it before, AFAIK.
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Is that a sandwich?
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I'm guessing Amazon gives LT referral fees for each linked purchase hopefully enough to stay in business. It would appear LT is a small run company with low overhead. Still the membership fee surprises me. Basically, Amazon pays itself back. |
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Has got to the black veil
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Southeastern Pennsylvania
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I paid the $25 lifetime membership a couple of years ago. Have gotten my money's worth out of it so far. No ads, unlimited books. I also paid $15 for a nonprofit lifetime membership for my blog so we can use it as a noncommercial source for book information. I am far from rich but since I do make use of these services, it was worth the money and unbelievably cheap in my opinion.
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Wizard
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Location: Denmark
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I now remember that the first time I came across LibraryThing I thought - because of its name - that it was somehow affiliated with libraries, and that they being American libraries (since it's an American site) the site would be of little or no interest to me.
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High Priestess
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I agree, $25 for a lifetime membership is a fair price. Renting server space, bandwidth and coders doesn't come free. Nowadays it seems that most people are expecting each an every service on-line to be free. Well there's no such thing as a free lunch.
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Wizard
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No, it's not expensive, but whether you'd be prepared to pay, I guess depends on what you use it for. I don't use it for much, and the owners get data from my work, too. And I have to admit that before this thread I'd never noticed that Goodreads has advertisements.
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The Introvert
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: United Kingdom
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I have a notebook where I keep a list of all the books I read since 1980. A couple of years ago I digitalised all its content. So, now I have Excel and Word docs in addition to the notebook. Goodreads offered a similar service with a few bells and whistles. Because it is free, I went for it. However, it is not a necessity. I don't have to have it. I can easily do without it. So why pay money? Besides, I am sure Goodreads are not charity. Yes, they pay for the servers, traffic, codding. I would never believe it is paid out of somebody's personal pocket who works hard every day earning barely above minimum wages ![]() |
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