03-28-2013, 10:29 PM | #31 |
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Google Books also uses Goodreads reviews. Hopefully they won't cut those out. Apparently Amazon also used to show Goodreads reviews, but stopped and formed Shelfari. I know Shelfari is currently being used for the Kindle X-Ray feature, so I'm not sure if they'll merge the two directly or not.
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03-28-2013, 11:01 PM | #32 |
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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. |
03-29-2013, 12:01 AM | #33 |
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Time to leave Goodreads I guess :-( What is the next best site that is still neutral?
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03-29-2013, 04:22 AM | #34 |
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Review related?
Could this acquisition be related to the review war over on Amazon? They want more professional assessments for potential customers?
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03-29-2013, 04:26 AM | #35 |
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03-29-2013, 04:50 AM | #36 |
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I agree with the neutral part. I'm still not sure what to think regarding the acquisition
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03-29-2013, 05:48 AM | #37 |
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Have they made an offer for MR yet?
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03-29-2013, 06:14 AM | #38 |
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I'm not real thrilled about this acquisition. I just looked up a book on Goodreads and the book immediately showed up on my Amazon account under "you recently viewed"
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03-29-2013, 07:02 AM | #39 |
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03-29-2013, 07:27 AM | #40 |
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03-29-2013, 08:18 AM | #41 |
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03-29-2013, 08:34 AM | #42 |
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Is the sky falling... again?
Amazon: sky knocker-downer extraordinaire. |
03-29-2013, 08:46 AM | #43 | |
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Curious about this; are your Amazon and Goodreads accounts linked somehow? |
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03-29-2013, 08:46 AM | #44 | |
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I'll try again another time |
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