Comments on: Keep an Eye on Shelfari http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/18/keep-an-eye-on-shelfari/ Startup and Technology News Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:42:08 -0800 hourly 1 By: Amazon To Acquire AbeBooks, And With It A Stake In Library Thing | The NET http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/18/keep-an-eye-on-shelfari/comment-page-1/#comment-2606135 Amazon To Acquire AbeBooks, And With It A Stake In Library Thing | The NET Mon, 26 Jan 2009 11:20:06 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/18/keep-an-eye-on-shelfari/#comment-2606135 [...] also owns 40 percent of LibraryThing (a social app for keeping track of your books and finding other like-minded book [...] [...] also owns 40 percent of LibraryThing (a social app for keeping track of your books and finding other like-minded book [...]

]]> By: Amazon To Acquire AbeBooks, And With It A Stake In Library Thing - Indometric http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/18/keep-an-eye-on-shelfari/comment-page-1/#comment-2604804 Amazon To Acquire AbeBooks, And With It A Stake In Library Thing - Indometric Sat, 24 Jan 2009 20:40:09 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/18/keep-an-eye-on-shelfari/#comment-2604804 [...] also owns 40 percent of LibraryThing (a social app for keeping track of your books and finding other like-minded book [...] [...] also owns 40 percent of LibraryThing (a social app for keeping track of your books and finding other like-minded book [...]

]]> By: Desperate Wealth » Blog Archive » Amazon To Acquire AbeBooks, And With It A Stake In Library Thing http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/18/keep-an-eye-on-shelfari/comment-page-1/#comment-2583958 Desperate Wealth » Blog Archive » Amazon To Acquire AbeBooks, And With It A Stake In Library Thing Sat, 03 Jan 2009 19:05:33 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/18/keep-an-eye-on-shelfari/#comment-2583958 [...] also owns 40 percent of LibraryThing (a social app for keeping track of your books and finding other like-minded book [...] [...] also owns 40 percent of LibraryThing (a social app for keeping track of your books and finding other like-minded book [...]

]]> By: Amazon To Acquire AbeBooks, And With It A Stake In Library Thing | Ellamey Blog http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/18/keep-an-eye-on-shelfari/comment-page-1/#comment-2504891 Amazon To Acquire AbeBooks, And With It A Stake In Library Thing | Ellamey Blog Fri, 17 Oct 2008 09:08:43 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/18/keep-an-eye-on-shelfari/#comment-2504891 [...] also owns 40 percent of LibraryThing (a social app for keeping track of your books and finding other like-minded book [...] [...] also owns 40 percent of LibraryThing (a social app for keeping track of your books and finding other like-minded book [...]

]]> By: Amazon To Acquire AbeBooks | TheJunction.net http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/18/keep-an-eye-on-shelfari/comment-page-1/#comment-2500305 Amazon To Acquire AbeBooks | TheJunction.net Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:46:02 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/18/keep-an-eye-on-shelfari/#comment-2500305 [...] also owns 40 percent of LibraryThing (a social app for keeping track of your books and finding other like-minded book [...] [...] also owns 40 percent of LibraryThing (a social app for keeping track of your books and finding other like-minded book [...]

]]> By: Amazon To Acquire AbeBooks, And With It A Stake In Library Thing | TheJunction.net http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/18/keep-an-eye-on-shelfari/comment-page-1/#comment-2500277 Amazon To Acquire AbeBooks, And With It A Stake In Library Thing | TheJunction.net Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:20:14 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/18/keep-an-eye-on-shelfari/#comment-2500277 [...] also owns 40 percent of LibraryThing (a social app for keeping track of your books and finding other like-minded book [...] [...] also owns 40 percent of LibraryThing (a social app for keeping track of your books and finding other like-minded book [...]

]]> By: Francois A » Archive du blog » Amazon To Acquire AbeBooks, And With It A Stake In Library Thing http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/18/keep-an-eye-on-shelfari/comment-page-1/#comment-2476983 Francois A » Archive du blog » Amazon To Acquire AbeBooks, And With It A Stake In Library Thing Sun, 21 Sep 2008 22:10:20 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/18/keep-an-eye-on-shelfari/#comment-2476983 [...] also owns 40 percent of LibraryThing (a social app for keeping track of your books and finding other like-minded book [...] [...] also owns 40 percent of LibraryThing (a social app for keeping track of your books and finding other like-minded book [...]

]]> By: Simply Gadgets » Blog Archive » Amazon To Acquire AbeBooks, And With It A Stake In Library Thing http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/18/keep-an-eye-on-shelfari/comment-page-1/#comment-2460507 Simply Gadgets » Blog Archive » Amazon To Acquire AbeBooks, And With It A Stake In Library Thing Sat, 06 Sep 2008 08:19:11 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/18/keep-an-eye-on-shelfari/#comment-2460507 [...] also owns 40 percent of LibraryThing (a social app for keeping track of your books and finding other like-minded book [...] [...] also owns 40 percent of LibraryThing (a social app for keeping track of your books and finding other like-minded book [...]

]]> By: Amazon To Acquire AbeBooks, And With It A Stake In Library Thing | All About mobile http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/18/keep-an-eye-on-shelfari/comment-page-1/#comment-2450450 Amazon To Acquire AbeBooks, And With It A Stake In Library Thing | All About mobile Fri, 29 Aug 2008 11:15:35 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/18/keep-an-eye-on-shelfari/#comment-2450450 [...] in 1996  is  - it currently has 110 million books for sale from 13,500 sellers. AbeBooks also owns 40 percent of LibraryThing (a social app for keeping track of your books and finding other like-minded book [...] [...] in 1996  is  – it currently has 110 million books for sale from 13,500 sellers. AbeBooks also owns 40 percent of LibraryThing (a social app for keeping track of your books and finding other like-minded book [...]

]]> By: Amazon To Acquire AbeBooks, And With It A Stake In LibraryThing | NewsMeToday http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/18/keep-an-eye-on-shelfari/comment-page-1/#comment-2426714 Amazon To Acquire AbeBooks, And With It A Stake In LibraryThing | NewsMeToday Sat, 02 Aug 2008 00:00:52 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/18/keep-an-eye-on-shelfari/#comment-2426714 [...] also owns 40 percent of LibraryThing (a social app for keeping track of your books and finding other like-minded book [...] [...] also owns 40 percent of LibraryThing (a social app for keeping track of your books and finding other like-minded book [...]

]]> By: Amazon To Acquire AbeBooks, And With It A Stake In LibraryThing | NewsMeToday http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/18/keep-an-eye-on-shelfari/comment-page-1/#comment-2426713 Amazon To Acquire AbeBooks, And With It A Stake In LibraryThing | NewsMeToday Sat, 02 Aug 2008 00:00:52 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/18/keep-an-eye-on-shelfari/#comment-2426713 [...] also owns 40 percent of LibraryThing (a social app for keeping track of your books and finding other like-minded book [...] [...] also owns 40 percent of LibraryThing (a social app for keeping track of your books and finding other like-minded book [...]

]]> By: Amazon To Acquire AbeBooks, And With It A Stake In LibraryThing | NewsMeToday http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/18/keep-an-eye-on-shelfari/comment-page-1/#comment-2426712 Amazon To Acquire AbeBooks, And With It A Stake In LibraryThing | NewsMeToday Sat, 02 Aug 2008 00:00:52 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/18/keep-an-eye-on-shelfari/#comment-2426712 [...] also owns 40 percent of LibraryThing (a social app for keeping track of your books and finding other like-minded book [...] [...] also owns 40 percent of LibraryThing (a social app for keeping track of your books and finding other like-minded book [...]

]]> By: Amazon To Acquire AbeBooks, And With It A Stake In LibraryThing | NewsMeToday http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/18/keep-an-eye-on-shelfari/comment-page-1/#comment-2426711 Amazon To Acquire AbeBooks, And With It A Stake In LibraryThing | NewsMeToday Sat, 02 Aug 2008 00:00:51 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/18/keep-an-eye-on-shelfari/#comment-2426711 [...] also owns 40 percent of LibraryThing (a social app for keeping track of your books and finding other like-minded book [...] [...] also owns 40 percent of LibraryThing (a social app for keeping track of your books and finding other like-minded book [...]

]]> By: Amazon To Acquire AbeBooks, And With It A Stake In Library Thing at IKTNews http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/18/keep-an-eye-on-shelfari/comment-page-1/#comment-2426341 Amazon To Acquire AbeBooks, And With It A Stake In Library Thing at IKTNews Fri, 01 Aug 2008 17:21:09 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/18/keep-an-eye-on-shelfari/#comment-2426341 [...] around since 1996 and fills a niche for Amazon in hard-to-find or out-of-print books. AbeBooks also owns 40 percent of Library Thing (a social app for keeping track of your books and finding other like-minded book [...] [...] around since 1996 and fills a niche for Amazon in hard-to-find or out-of-print books. AbeBooks also owns 40 percent of Library Thing (a social app for keeping track of your books and finding other like-minded book [...]

]]> By: Amazon To Acquire Abebooks http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/18/keep-an-eye-on-shelfari/comment-page-1/#comment-2426296 Amazon To Acquire Abebooks Fri, 01 Aug 2008 16:09:57 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/18/keep-an-eye-on-shelfari/#comment-2426296 [...] around since 1996 and fills a niche for Amazon in hard-to-find or out-of-print books. Abebooks also owns 40 percent of Library Thing (a social app for keeping track of your books and finding other like-minded book [...] [...] around since 1996 and fills a niche for Amazon in hard-to-find or out-of-print books. Abebooks also owns 40 percent of Library Thing (a social app for keeping track of your books and finding other like-minded book [...]

]]> By: doubtingben » Blog Archive » Your own virtual library http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/18/keep-an-eye-on-shelfari/comment-page-1/#comment-2218611 doubtingben » Blog Archive » Your own virtual library Wed, 23 Apr 2008 19:09:24 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/18/keep-an-eye-on-shelfari/#comment-2218611 [...] via:  http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/18/keep-an-eye-on-shelfari/ [...] [...] via:  http://www.tech...ye-on-shelfari/ [...]

]]> By: Amazon Invests in Shelfari http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/18/keep-an-eye-on-shelfari/comment-page-1/#comment-1848489 Amazon Invests in Shelfari Mon, 17 Dec 2007 06:05:57 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/18/keep-an-eye-on-shelfari/#comment-1848489 [...] hearing that Amazon has invested $1 million or so in Seattle based Shelfari, beating out at least one venture firm that competed for the [...] [...] hearing that Amazon has invested $1 million or so in Seattle based Shelfari, beating out at least one venture firm that competed for the [...]

]]> By: nct http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/18/keep-an-eye-on-shelfari/comment-page-1/#comment-1131487 nct Sun, 04 Mar 2007 17:54:31 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/18/keep-an-eye-on-shelfari/#comment-1131487 Library Thing has one enormous flaw: a newcomer can quite unwittingly make a huge mess of things. I know. I was guilty. I was trying to add my collection of books by a noted author. There was an option to "combine" or "separate". I clicked on "combine" thinking it would be private, for my own convenience. To my horror, I had combined all of this author's novels for everyone in the world and somebody had to go to a lot of trouble to unsort things. They should post red flags or warnings. Library Thing has one enormous flaw: a newcomer can quite unwittingly make a huge mess of things. I know. I was guilty. I was trying to add my collection of books by a noted author. There was an option to “combine” or “separate”. I clicked on “combine” thinking it would be private, for my own convenience. To my horror, I had combined all of this author’s novels for everyone in the world and somebody had to go to a lot of trouble to unsort things. They should post red flags or warnings.

]]> By: evbart http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/18/keep-an-eye-on-shelfari/comment-page-1/#comment-1086563 evbart Thu, 01 Mar 2007 03:56:47 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/18/keep-an-eye-on-shelfari/#comment-1086563 This is an interesting space, but I don't think any of these sites are doing it right. I review a bunch of them here, before i had learned about shelfari: http://www.lifeinlists.com/2006/09/cataloging-your-media And I think a lot of them could take a cue from Last.fm. I dont want to manually type in all of my books, just so that I can show them off to other people. I want to have them in one location so that I can learn from that list. I want that list to happen automatically (pull from the books i purchase on amazon), I want to be able to search that list, I want recommendations. If I'm going to give you my data, make sure that its an easy process (last.fm just requires a plugin, and it pulls all my music data automatically, no extra work), and then once you have my data, make sure you give me back useful information for it. More than just being able to show the world my library. Another example of this type of service is wesabe. It does the same thing for personal financial data. It pulls your data automatically (though it does offer manual uploads), and then it analyzes that data and gives you valuable data back in exchange. The value proposition to the user is clear, the usability is there, and you end up with a solid service that has great potential. Thanks for the post. This is an interesting space, but I don’t think any of these sites are doing it right. I review a bunch of them here, before i had learned about shelfari: http://www.life...ging-your-media

And I think a lot of them could take a cue from Last.fm. I dont want to manually type in all of my books, just so that I can show them off to other people. I want to have them in one location so that I can learn from that list. I want that list to happen automatically (pull from the books i purchase on amazon), I want to be able to search that list, I want recommendations.

If I’m going to give you my data, make sure that its an easy process (last.fm just requires a plugin, and it pulls all my music data automatically, no extra work), and then once you have my data, make sure you give me back useful information for it. More than just being able to show the world my library.

Another example of this type of service is wesabe. It does the same thing for personal financial data. It pulls your data automatically (though it does offer manual uploads), and then it analyzes that data and gives you valuable data back in exchange. The value proposition to the user is clear, the usability is there, and you end up with a solid service that has great potential.

Thanks for the post.

]]> By: david http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/18/keep-an-eye-on-shelfari/comment-page-1/#comment-1045019 david Sun, 25 Feb 2007 09:23:21 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/18/keep-an-eye-on-shelfari/#comment-1045019 you have some spam in your trackbacks you have some spam in your trackbacks

]]> By: Rachanont » Shelfari http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/18/keep-an-eye-on-shelfari/comment-page-1/#comment-1009122 Rachanont » Shelfari Wed, 21 Feb 2007 17:34:23 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/18/keep-an-eye-on-shelfari/#comment-1009122 [...] Techchrunch เขียนไว้ FAQs ของ Shelfari [...] [...] Techchrunch เขียนไว้ FAQs ของ Shelfari [...]

]]> By: marcuswotznika http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/18/keep-an-eye-on-shelfari/comment-page-1/#comment-869834 marcuswotznika Sun, 04 Feb 2007 12:07:07 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/18/keep-an-eye-on-shelfari/#comment-869834 Just want to say that you have a really informative and amazing site. Really helped me further, much thanks :-) Just want to say that you have a really informative and amazing site.
Really helped me further, much thanks :-)

]]> By: Anna http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/18/keep-an-eye-on-shelfari/comment-page-1/#comment-846995 Anna Fri, 02 Feb 2007 00:34:03 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/18/keep-an-eye-on-shelfari/#comment-846995 The LibraryThing widget also allows you to put your own Amazon ID in the links. Did you do your homework, Michael? The LibraryThing widget also allows you to put your own Amazon ID in the links. Did you do your homework, Michael?

]]> By: sunny http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/18/keep-an-eye-on-shelfari/comment-page-1/#comment-766534 sunny Mon, 22 Jan 2007 15:06:27 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/18/keep-an-eye-on-shelfari/#comment-766534 <a href="http://www.librarything.com/suggest.php" rel="nofollow">LibraryThing.com/suggest.php</a> BookSuggester and UnSuggester. Once you have some of your own books listed you have the following additional options: * LibrarySuggester * People with your books also have: fiction / non-fiction books * Similarly-tagged books: fiction / non-fiction * Special-sauce recommendations: fiction / non-fiction * Most popular books you don't have: fiction / non-fiction :-) LibraryThing.com/suggest.php

BookSuggester and UnSuggester.

Once you have some of your own books listed you have the following additional options:

* LibrarySuggester
* People with your books also have: fiction / non-fiction books
* Similarly-tagged books: fiction / non-fiction
* Special-sauce recommendations: fiction / non-fiction
* Most popular books you don’t have: fiction / non-fiction

:-)

]]> By: miffyvalley http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/18/keep-an-eye-on-shelfari/comment-page-1/#comment-763684 miffyvalley Mon, 22 Jan 2007 02:03:39 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/18/keep-an-eye-on-shelfari/#comment-763684 i like anobii because it is clean, easy to use, and extremely responsive. in terms of function it seems to me that it's probably better than shelfari, which looks alarmingly similar to anobii. the ability to list books of different languages and to compare prices from amazon of different countries is very satisfying. i am not a big programming geek but it seems to me that their programming has a very solid foundation, and as a result user feedback / suggestions have been implemented quickly and continuously. the only problem is that right now they don't have sufficient traffic to generate a good list of "other books you may like"; but then i don't see any point in duplicating what amazon is already doing. just my 2 cents! i like anobii because it is clean, easy to use, and extremely responsive. in terms of function it seems to me that it’s probably better than shelfari, which looks alarmingly similar to anobii. the ability to list books of different languages and to compare prices from amazon of different countries is very satisfying.

i am not a big programming geek but it seems to me that their programming has a very solid foundation, and as a result user feedback / suggestions have been implemented quickly and continuously. the only problem is that right now they don’t have sufficient traffic to generate a good list of “other books you may like”; but then i don’t see any point in duplicating what amazon is already doing. just my 2 cents!

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