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Shelfari was launched on October 11, 2006. In February 2007, Amazon invested $1 million in Shelfari, and moved to acquire it a year later in August 2008. In January 2016, it was announced that Shelfari was being merged into Goodreads. As of June 2016, the site was decommissioned (all links redirect to Goodreads' website).
Jun 27, 2016 · Amazon shut down Shelfari, a social book discovery website, in January 2016 due to investment in GoodReads. Users who backed up their data on Shelfari faced problems with exporting and transferring their reviews and bookshelves.
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Shelfari was a website where users could organize and share their books online. It was acquired by Amazon in 2008 but closed in 2016 as it was merged with Goodreads.
Jan 20, 2016 · Today, Shelfari announced that their website was closing and all of their data was being merged with GoodReads. One of the big problems with Shelfari is that it was launched before e-readers...
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May 1, 2009 · Shelfari was a website that let users create and share book lists, discover new books, and connect with other readers. Amazon acquired Shelfari in 2008 and integrated it with its own book recommendations and reviews.
Jan 12, 2016 · Amazon, which owns both Goodreads and Shelfari, has decided that it no longer cares to maintain Shelfari. Officially, “Shelfari is merging with Goodreads.” But let’s call it what it is: a shutdown.
