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i-should-be-reading t1_iy9d8dz wrote

Reply to comment by EvokeWonder in What’s up with Goodreads recommendations? by kevsfamouschili

Yes they went on a buying spree several years ago (2013) and bought lots of smaller bookish companies. They didn't disclose price but it was rumored to be in the high hundreds of millions.

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felix_mateo t1_iy9p46g wrote

And Goodreads hasn’t received much in the way of updates since then. I still use it, mostly out of habit, but it’s not what it once was.

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iBlowAtCoding t1_iy9xdm8 wrote

There used to be a cool Goodreads feature on the Kindle apps, but they removed it :(

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