As a long time bibliophile I've tried just about every book-related site out there, my favorite remains LibraryThing, but lately I've been playing around with Shelfari. Shelfari launched back in ...

As Nick Hornby once wrote, what you’re like is not as important as what you like. That philosophy seems to be spreading across the Internet as more and more opportunities for rating and sharing ...

Earlier today we reported that Amazon had acquired AbeBooks, an online retailer of rare and used books from independent publishers. But if the history between LibraryThing and Shelfari is any ...

Seattle-based Shelfari is a book centered social network that launched last fall. There’s lots of competition in this space, including Library Thing, Listal, Delicious Monster and others. The basic ...

Amazon announced in January that they were going to close down Shelfari, a social book discovery website. This was done because of significant capital investment in GoodReads and Amazon including ...

Shelfari launched in 2006, a few years before the big e-book boom. Amazon was an early investor in the company and then bought it outright in 2008. The website allows users to build virtual ...

A Wikipedia just for books, Shelfari lets you find new books and friends. If you’re a voracious reader, you probably know this feeling: You just finished a great read and are dying to talk to someone ...

Josh Lowensohn joined CNET in 2006 and now covers Apple. Before that, Josh wrote about everything from new Web start-ups, to remote-controlled robots that watch your house. Prior to joining CNET, Josh ...

Web site Shelfari lets you build your own virtual bookshelf, then create a social network where you and your friends can review, tag, and recommend books. Get daily tips, tricks, and tech guides from ...

Amazon has updated its Kindle for Android app, complete with voice and text triggered searches, support for highlights and annotations – along with inter-device synchronization – and integration with ...

Amazon has added another tuck-in acquisition: Shelfari, an online community for book worms. Shelfari is likely to be integrated into Amazon's services and continue to exist as a separate destination.

I’m an avid reader. And the older I get, the harder it becomes for me to remember every book I’ve read. At the same time, I want to get recommendations from sources other than Amazon: friends, people ...