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		Nemo_bis on July 4, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Goodreads was the future of book reviews, then Ama... You know that's Amazon too, right?

sn9 on July 4, 2023 [–]

As far as I can tell, Amazon got a 40% share in LT when they bought AbeBooks.

I don't know that a minority stake in a company counts as "that's Amazon" in any meaningful sense.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LibraryThing#Ownership

Nemo_bis on July 11, 2023 | [–]

Amazon can shut them down any time by cutting their access to data, AFAIK.

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