Wednesday, January 13, 2016

Amazon Shutting Shelfari

Goodbye, Shelfari! The onetime Seattle startup, which had offered up book reviews and discussions--which was acquired by Amazon.com back in 2008--is being merged into Amazon's other, book review and discussion site, Goodreads, according to Amazon.com. Shelfari is no longer accepting new accounts, and is redirecting all users to Gooodreads. Amazon had maintained the two, separate book review and discussion sites--which offered nearly identical functionality--since 2013, when Amazon acquired Goodreads and started incorporating that site's functionality into its online e-commerce site.