Goodreads users can now sync Amazon purchases with their accounts
Goodreads users can now automatically import the print and ebooks they’ve purchased on Amazon into their Goodreads accounts.
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Amazon adds Goodreads integration and more to first-gen Kindle Paperwhite
The early adopter tax on the first-generation Kindle Paperwhite is nearly gone: A software update is now available that brings Goodreads, Kindle FreeTime and more to the e-reader, bringing it up to par with the newest Kindle Paperwhite model.
Amazon’s Fire OS 3.1 hits Kindle tablets: Goodreads and Second Screen included
Got a Kindle Fire tablet? Starting today, you can get new features including deeper Goodreads integration and a function called Second Screen that can wirelessly “fling” video content from a Kindle Fire to a PlayStation 3 or Samsung HDTV set.
Goodreads apologizes to members whose reviews it deleted
Goodreads faced backlash when it said that it would delete reviews that focus on an author’s behavior, rather than on a book’s contents, without warning. Now the company says it will send users the text of their reviews before deleting them.
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Amazon Publishing launches Kindle Love Stories podcast, focused on romance books
Amazon Publishing is launching a weekly romance podcast, “Kindle Love Stories.” The podcast will include a discussion group at Goodreads, the reading-focused social network that Amazon recently acquired.
“First do no harm”: My interview with Amazon and Goodreads on the future of Goodreads
In an interview Thursday, Goodreads CEO Otis Chandler and Amazon’s VP of Kindle content Russ Grandinetti stressed that Goodreads will not change for the worse following its acquisition by Amazon.
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Amazon acquires book-based social network Goodreads
Amazon is acquiring Goodreads, a book-focused social network with 16 million members. The acquisition is likely to decrease Goodreads’ reputation as a neutral hub for authors and publishers.
In an age of instant recommendations, a case for taste
Across all kinds of verticals, it’s never been easier to use apps and services to instantly find things that might match my interests. But what do we lose if we don’t put in the time to actually develop taste?
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Book discovery: how many ‘touchpoints’ to purchase?
Social reading site Goodreads says the primary way its users discover new books to read is through search. How does its algorithm work?
Book Discovery: How Many ‘Touchpoints’ To Purchase?
Social reading site Goodreads says the primary way its users discover new books to read is through search.
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As Goodreads Ends Sourcing From Amazon, Users Fear Lost Books
Book-centered social networking site Goodreads, which allows users to keep records of the books they read and share the information with oth…
Finding the Value in Niche Networking
Networking is all about building relationships, but who says these relationships have to originate around our area of business? How can we harness the networks that exist for our personal interests as well?
Vid-Biz: Flixwagon, AFTRA, Youku
Flixwagon Now Publicly Available; mobile broadcasting service also adds features like quality adjustments, two-way text chat, and group sharing. (TechCrunch) AFTRA Ratifies…
Kohjinsha SA-1: is it right for you?
OK, let’s get my mug off of the front page with some posts here; thanks for all the well wishes by the…
Engadget says Broadcast Flag to fly again
and might be sneaking its way back to the Senate via Senate Appropriations Committee spending bill, ala Real ID Act.
