http://www.xconomy.com/national/2008/09/03/in-amazons-purchase-of-shelfari-a-possible-front-in-the-battle-with-borders-and-a-triumph-for-social-book-sites/ Business + Technology in the Exponential Economy Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:43:29 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.xconomy.com/national/2008/09/03/in-amazons-purchase-of-shelfari-a-possible-front-in-the-battle-with-borders-and-a-triumph-for-social-book-sites/comment-page-1/#comment-56993 Lexycle founders: ‘From MIT Blackjack team to Amazon acquisition’ | TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home Sat, 09 May 2009 13:27:55 +0000 http://www.xconomy.com/?p=4641#comment-56993 [...] also not uncommon for Amazon to fund or acquire competing projects within a given sector (see LibraryThing and Shelfari),” writes Xconomy Seattle Editor Gregory T. Huang.  “But will Amazon open up the Kindle to [...] [...] also not uncommon for Amazon to fund or acquire competing projects within a given sector (see LibraryThing and Shelfari),” writes Xconomy Seattle Editor Gregory T. Huang.  “But will Amazon open up the Kindle to [...]

]]> http://www.xconomy.com/national/2008/09/03/in-amazons-purchase-of-shelfari-a-possible-front-in-the-battle-with-borders-and-a-triumph-for-social-book-sites/comment-page-1/#comment-42599 Amazon Buys Shelfari | Heinz Duthel Thu, 11 Dec 2008 17:58:29 +0000 http://www.xconomy.com/?p=4641#comment-42599 [...] There’s a post about the deal here on the Shelfari blog. There’s also post about Amazon’s Shelfari acquisition here on LibraryThing. It notes that Amazon only has a minority stake in Shelfari and that LibraryThing will now be competing against Amazon.com. A few more articles about the acquisition can be found here, here, here, here, here, here and here. [...] [...] There’s a post about the deal here on the Shelfari blog. There’s also post about Amazon’s Shelfari acquisition here on LibraryThing. It notes that Amazon only has a minority stake in Shelfari and that LibraryThing will now be competing against Amazon.com. A few more articles about the acquisition can be found here, here, here, here, here, here and here. [...]

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