Books iRead

Infobox_Company
company_type = Private
company_name = uGenie
company_
foundation = May 2006
location = San Mateo, CA
key_people = Krishna Motukuri, Co-founder/CEOHarish Abbott, Co-founder/President
industry = Online book community
homepage = [http://weRead.com/ www.weRead.com]

iRead is an online community of book enthusiasts. weRead started out as a social cataloging application on Facebook in June 2007 and has since expanded to over 1.2 million active members across Facebook, MySpace, Orkut, Hi5, and Bebo.

iRead is part of uGenie Inc [cite news| first=Marshall| last=Kirkpatrick| url=http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/11/01/ugenie-crunches-shopping-numbers/| title=Ugenie Crunches Shopping Numbers| work=Techcrunch| date=2006-11-01| accessdate=2008-04-15] , a privately held company based in San Mateo, CA, funded by [http://brv.com BlueRun Ventures] and [http://sierraventures.com Sierra Ventures] .

iRead's "Chuck a Book" feature allows users to recommend books to their friends. On March 20, 2008, iRead launched "Author's Corner", a place to connect authors and their fans. On April 9th, 2008, iRead launched "Read Inside" that allows members to browse sections of many new titles and read entire books in electronic format through a partnership with Project Gutenberg.

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External links

* [http://www.weRead.com Books iRead official site]
* [http://www.uGenie.com uGenie]