Shelfari

Shelfari
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryOnline book community
FoundedOctober 11, 2006; 17 years ago (2006-10-11)
FoundersJosh Hug, Kevin Beukelman, Mark Williamson
Defunct2016
HeadquartersSeattle, Washington, U.S.
Key people
Josh Hug (CEO)
Kevin Beukelman (Chief Architect)
Dave Hanley (VP Marketing)
Ian Patterson (Lead Designer)
ParentAmazon.com
Websitewww.shelfari.com

Shelfari was a social cataloging website.[1] Shelfari users built virtual bookshelves of the titles they owned or had read, and could rate, review, tag, and discuss their books. Users could also create groups that other members could join, create discussions, and talk about books, or other topics.[2][3] Recommendations could be sent to friends on the site for what books to read.[4]

Shelfari was launched on October 11, 2006.[5] In February 2007, Amazon invested $1 million in Shelfari,[6] and moved to acquire it a year later in August 2008.[7] In January 2016, it was announced that Shelfari was being merged into Goodreads.[8] As of June 2016, the site was decommissioned (all links redirect to Goodreads' website).[9] There were user complaints that not all features were moved.[9]

  1. ^ "Shelfari Closed". June 26, 2016. Retrieved November 7, 2016.
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  5. ^ Cook, John (2006-10-11). "Shelfari an online meeting place for bibliophiles". Seattle PI. Retrieved 2007-06-01.
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  8. ^ jenp27 (January 12, 2016). "Amazon Kills Shelfari". The Reader's Room.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  9. ^ a b "Goodreads Feedback: Shelfari Merger". Goodreads. June 2, 2016.