- Goodreads
Infobox Website
name = Goodreads
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url = http://www.goodreads.com
commercial =
type = Catalog and community
registration = Free
owner = Otis Chandler
author = Otis Chandler
launch date = December 2006
current status =
revenue =Goodreads is a privately run "
social cataloging " website started in December 2006 by Otis Chandler, a software engineer and entrepreneur. The website permits individuals to sign up and register books to create their library catalogs and reading lists. As of December 2007 the site has over 650,000 members [ [http://www.techcoastreview.com/2007/12/good-reads-book-nerds-social-networking.html TechCoastReview] accessdate|2007-17-09] and over 10,000,000 books added. [ [http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/17/goodreads-raises-angel-round-to-help-you-find-that-perfect-book/#comment-1853293 Comment 31 "Otis"] , "Goodreads Raises Angel Round To Help You Find That Perfect Book", "TechCrunch", Dec. 18th, 2007 (correcting main blogpost that described 10,000 "reviews").]The first year of the company was run without any formal funding. In December 2007 GoodReads received their first round from
angel investors believed to be around $750,000. [ [http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/17/goodreads-raises-angel-round-to-help-you-find-that-perfect-book/ TechCrunch] accessdate|2007-17-09]References
* December 11, 2007, "Time Magazine", [http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/top10/article/0,30583,1686204_1686305_1691167,00.html "Top 10 Websites of 2007"]
* September 27, 2007, "Business Standard", [http://www.business-standard.com/opinionanalysis/storypage.php?leftnm=4&subLeft=2&chklogin=N&autono=299416&tab=r "The world's largest reading room"]
* July 9, 2007, "Publishers Weekly", [http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6458174.html "Business, Pleasure Mix on Book Networking Sites"]
* July 2, 2007, "PC Magazine", [http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,2152713,00.asp "Site of the Week: Goodreads"]
* June 21, 2007, "The Guardian", [http://technology.guardian.co.uk/opinion/story/0,,2107361,00.html "It's a new online chapter for books"]
* June 15, 2007, "The Christian Science Monitor", [http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0615/p11s02-bogn.html "Peer-to-peer book reviews fill a niche"]
* March 26, 2007, "Newsweek", [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17662296/site/newsweek/ "Bookish Friends"]Footnotes
External links
* [http://www.goodreads.com Goodreads official site]
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