Rival raises questions over Amazon's Shelfari purchase
LisNews (Free subscription) | 08/27/2008
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...
