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Will Amazon-acquired Goodreads start selling books?

Tuesday, 2 April 2013    Books+Publishing
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Amazon has acquired book-recommendation website Goodreads amid speculation that the site will soon incorporate a retail component, reports Publishers Weekly. When asked whether Goodreads will start selling books, Russ Grandinetti, Amazon vice president of Kindle content, said the acquisition was ‘not about making Goodreads commerce-enabled’. Goodreads CEO Otis Chandler said,...

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