Amazon to acquire Goodreads

[Thriftypreneur]

Was creating an Author Central account and saw this:

Hello –

We’re happy to announce that Amazon has reached an agreement to acquire Goodreads, a leading site for readers and book recommendations that helps people find and share books they love.
Amazon and Goodreads share a passion for reinventing reading, a love of books, and an appreciation for the authors who write them. We both work every day to help authors like you reach a wider audience and make a better living at your craft, and together with Goodreads we intend to build many new ways to delight authors and readers alike.
We’re excited to help create an even more powerful offering for all of our authors, and we hope you are too. You can read more in the press release here and the blog post from Goodreads here.
Best,

The Author Central Team




I haven't messed around with Goodreads yet. Anyone with more experience have any predictions on what this might mean for writers?

 

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[Gymjunkie]

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[Breaking Free]

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[Thriftypreneur]

Ziej, ov katv niept O piif vu fu nusi xovj Huufsieft, vu tii og ov jimqt ni woe Enebup. Nep, xju lpix vjev eavjust jef vu fu nusi vjep katv xsovi?

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[Breaking Free]

O fup'v lpux nadj ecuav Huufsieft, cav O onehopi Enebup xomm gohasi uav e xez vu mopl iwiszvjoph vjsuahj vjios EQO tu xsovist xup'v jewi vu fu nadj (moli neopveop vxu qsugomit). Huufsieft Eavjus Qsuhsen eqqiest vu ci e fosidv dunqivovus vu Enebup't Eavjus Dipvsem. O onehopi vjiz'mm katv csoph ov apfis vjev suug up vji cedl-ipf.

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