Goodreads

Goodreads is a free database of books, authors, and book reviews. In December 2007, it had 10,000,000 books in its database.[1]

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Available inEnglish
OwnerAmazon
Created byOtis Chandler
Elizabeth Khuri
Websitegoodreads.com
CommercialYes
RegistrationFree
LaunchedDecember 2006; 17 years ago (2006-12)
Current statusActive

In Goodreads, a user can do the following things:

  • Sign up and register books
  • Rate & Review books
  • Generate library catalogs
  • Generate Reading lists
  • Create their own groups of book suggestions
  • Surveys, polls, blogs, and discussions

Goodreads is owned by Amazon.[2]

Goodreads Media

References

  1. "Goodreads Raises Angel Round To Help You Find That Perfect Book". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2020-03-26.[dead link]
  2. Kaufman, Leslie (2013-03-28). "Amazon to Buy Social Site Dedicated to Sharing Books" (in en-US). The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331 . https://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/29/business/media/amazon-to-buy-goodreads.html. Retrieved 2020-03-26. 

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