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Re:Goodreads was the future of book reviews. Then Amazon bou... by hbarka on Monday July 03, 2023 @05:35PM (#36579164)
After the acquisition has there been any other startup trying to duplicate the value prop of GoodReads? What are the barriers to entry for them?
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Re:Goodreads was the future of book reviews. Then Amazon bou... by saghm on Monday July 03, 2023 @05:37PM (#36579179)
Network effects, I assume? It would be hard to get everyone to move over without having some sort of draw, and I guess nobody had a successful enough idea for what that would be to get it to happen.
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