Comments on: Shelfari and LibraryThing: Awkward Bookends To AbeBooks-Amazon Deal

By: Lkozma

Lkozma — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 12:23:38 +0000

A small app that I have developed that allows embedding book images into blogs and webpages is BookBox:
http://www.lkozma.net/bookbox
See it embedded in my main page, for ex.

It doesn’t have the functionality of Librarything or Shelfari but it requires no registration and it takes a few seconds to set up.

By: Alfabetic » Blog Archive » Amazon compra Shelfari: negocios en el ámbito de las redes sociales relacionadas con libros

Sun, 28 Sep 2008 14:27:41 +0000

[...] negocio tiene lugar a menos de un mes de que Amazon comprara AbeBooks, un vendedor de libros usados y difíciles de conseguir, y de libros de editores [...]

By: First Issue Blog

First Issue Blog — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 01:36:32 +0000

Amazon acquires Shelfari…

Extending its dominion yet again, Amazon has acquired Shelfari, a social networking site for booklovers that allows readers to display a virtual bookshelf and share reviews. The announcement came through the Shelfari blog last week.
Earlier in the year…

By: Neil

Neil — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 06:07:14 +0000

We placed the order of CHEMISTRY: THE MOLECULAR NATURE OF MATTER AND CHANGE on Aug 26, 2008 and received a verification that order has been processed and shipped. Surprisingly, More than week after we got reply that it will take about a month to ship the order. I got a stupid reply like “As I advertise in my description that normally we will ship out the book in 24 hrs. However, the book you are order is temporary out of stock. I am trying to find the book. It may takes up to 1 month to ship out the book” Above email came form colorbooks2006@gmail.com on behalf of abebooks.com

WE SHOULD NOT TRUST THIS COMPANY

By: Amazon acquiert Shelfari, le réseau social des bibliophiles

Amazon acquiert Shelfari, le réseau social des bibliophiles — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 03:19:43 +0000

[...] raison de ces tensions, nous pouvons penser que Amazon va devoir choisir entre les deux sociétés. Amazon a clairement fait son choix pour [...]

By: Amazon Shelfari'yi aldı | 6Patlar

Amazon Shelfari'yi aldı | 6Patlar — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 17:56:35 +0000

[...] Ardından Amazon.com AbeBooks‘u alarak, Shelfari’nin LibraryThing ile olak rekabetinde güçlenmesini sağladı. Bu gün ise Amazon.com’un Shelfari’yi gerçekten satın alacağının duyumunu [...]

By: Amazon Acquires Shelfari, The Social Network For Bibliophiles « Educationload’s Weblog

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 09:44:03 +0000

[...] is reporting that “the move comes less than a month after Amazon’s acquisition of AbeBooks , a vendor of rare and used books from independent publishers. As part of that [...]

By: TechCrunch en français » Amazon acquiert Shelfari, le réseau social des bibliophiles

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 04:54:49 +0000

[...] raison de ces tensions, nous pouvons penser que Amazon va de voir choisir. Amazon a clairement fait son choix pour Shelfari mais un rachat [...]

By: Amazon Aquires Shelfari: Moves To Corner Social Book Space

Amazon Aquires Shelfari: Moves To Corner Social Book Space — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 03:50:56 +0000

[...] move comes less than a month after Amazon’s acquisition of AbeBooks, a vendor of rare and used books from independent publishers. As part of that [...]

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Tue, 26 Aug 2008 02:15:00 +0000

[...] After the news of Amazon.com’s acquisition of Victoria’s AbeBooks a couple weeks ago, Mark Hendrickson of Techcrunch pointed out an interesting side story in his post titled Shelfari and LibraryThing: Awkward Bookends to AbeBooks-Amazon Deal. [...]

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Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:59:43 +0000

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Episode 53 tonight | Uncontrolled Vocabulary — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 10:46:41 +0000

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By: [fr] Amazon rachète AbeBooks spécialisé dans les livres rares, et AOL socialThing, un concurrent de FriendFeed

Sat, 09 Aug 2008 13:06:17 +0000

[...] Amazon est déjà actionnaire. Comment Amazon va-t-il gérer cela alors que les deux sociétés ont eu des déboires dans le [...]

By: Brendon J. Wilson

Brendon J. Wilson — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 04:39:39 +0000

One major oversight in this analysis: Amazon already has a "library" type application called Your Media Library. While it is poorly advertised it has most of the key elements of the competitors in the field, providing a pseudo social network that allows you to track and share your inventory of books, DVDs, and just about anything else you purchased at Amazon.com. Perhaps the actual answer will be that LibraryThing nor Shelfari are superseded from within Amazon.com itself.

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Sat, 02 Aug 2008 03:20:15 +0000

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By: Benjamin Goering

Benjamin Goering — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 23:58:34 +0000

I prefer Shelfari to all, and I haven’t ever received any spammy emails.

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 23:56:57 +0000

“But if the history between LibraryThing and Shelfari is any indication, we’re more likely to see Amazon either place its bets on one and divest its shares in the other, or simply maintain a minority investment in both.”

Or Gobble them both. I read a few years ago, when all the properties will be owned by a dozen major players in the world.

By: Jessup Conrads

Jessup Conrads — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 23:29:47 +0000

the best book i’ve seen on shelfari so far…. http://www.read...ex.php?RTA=web2

By: Gary Joje

Gary Joje — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 23:28:45 +0000

see shelfari in action here…. http://www.goth...te.blogspot.com

By: zz

zz — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 23:27:10 +0000

Quote from post
“But if the history between LibraryThing and Shelfari is any indication, we’re more likely to see Amazon either place its bets on one and divest its shares in the other, or simply maintain a minority investment in both.”

The only option not listed is taking majority share in both, what kind of a paragraph is that? prediction, you listed practically all the options, and how different would those options be if there was no history between the two?

Sorry, but this is just pointless paragraph.

By: James Currier

James Currier — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 23:18:53 +0000

According to Alexa or Compete, GoodReads looks like it’s about twice as big as either of these sites.

By: Tim

Tim — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 23:16:25 +0000

[Tim from LibraryThing] In fairness to Shelfari, I think that emails you agreed to is different. Anyway, if the emails are getting to you, a password reset will too.

By: Eric

Eric — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 23:01:49 +0000

It’s true. Shelfari spams your inbox like a mother. I keep getting emails from them that I have to delete. And they don’t let me opt out unless I login to their account, which is annoying because I’ve already forgotten my password. But seriously? Do I need my password to opt out of spam? I probably could have gotten the new password request and logged in and changed my spam settings in the time it takes for me to write this comment. But I’m writing more so because its annoying.

By: Helcura

Helcura — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 22:59:16 +0000

Personally, I prefer LibraryThing over all others. In any case, I doubt Amazon pulling out or staying in will make or break LibraryThing. It’s got a solid core of supportive users and is filling its niche effectively.