Amazon.com’s acquisition of Seattle-based Shelfari is raising some questions — at least in the mind of one competitor.
LibraryThing’s Tim Spalding offered his take on the deal, writing in a blog post that he has the “greatest contempt for (Shelfari) and for what book-based social networking will become if they beat out LibraryThing.”
His harsh critique of Shelfari, an Internet site that allows people to create virtual bookshelves, continued:
Amazon, Shelfari, and LibraryThing
Here is a blog post about the purchase of Shelfari by Amazon. At the end of the post there are some comments and criticisms about Library Thing that are insightful.
The Library Thing guy is a
The Library Thing guy is a bit… well I’m not sure of the exact word, but I think he’s conflating his competitive nature and desire to “win” with the tactics of his rival, and not always accurately. Yes, some of Shelfari’s techniques were suspect, but they abandoned them and they have a healthy and active user base. Plus the site looks and functions better then LT does.
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