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Goodreads
Type of business
Subsidiary
Type of site
Book
Available in
English
Founded
December 2006; 17 years ago (2006-12)
Owner
Amazon
Founder(s)
Otis Chandler
Elizabeth Khuri
URL
www.goodreads.com
Commercial
Yes
Registration
Optional
Current status
Active
Goodreads is an American social cataloging website and a subsidiary of Amazon[1] that allows individuals to search its database of books, annotations, quotes, and reviews. Users can sign up and register books to generate library catalogs and reading lists. They can also create their own groups of book suggestions, surveys, polls, blogs, and discussions. The website's offices are located in San Francisco.[2]
Goodreads was founded in December 2006 and launched in January 2007 by Otis Chandler and Elizabeth Khuri Chandler.[3][4] In December 2007, the site had 650,000 members[5] and 10,000,000 books had been added.[6] By July 2012, the site reported 10 million members, 20 million monthly visits, and thirty employees.[7] On March 28, 2013, Amazon announced its acquisition of Goodreads,[8] and by July 23, 2013, Goodreads announced their user base had grown to 20 million members.[9]
By July 2019, the site had 90 million members.[10]
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^Olanoff, Drew. "Amazon Acquires Social Reading Site Goodreads, Which Gives The Company A Social Advantage Over Apple". SF Gate. Retrieved October 22, 2012.
^Chandler, Otis (July 23, 2013). "Goodreads Grows to 20 Million Readers". Goodreads.
^"Goodreads: number of registered members 2019". Statista. Retrieved 2020-12-01.
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