Josh Hug, 30, cofounded Shelfari, a social-networking site devoted to generating conversations and recommendations around books. Amazon acquired the bibliophilic company in the summer of 2008. “Our ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Shelfari, the Amazon-backed community networked around books, has introduced editable author profiles in hopes that it can become a destination for not only biographical information but interactions ...

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 ...

Amazon.com revolutionized the way people buy books online. Now, a Seattle startup by the name of Shelfari is hoping to change the way people catalog and discuss books from their personal collections.

Yesterday Google rolled out MyLibrary, a new feature that lets Google Book Search fans collect and catalogue personal libraries. If that sounds a bit like Shelfari or Library Thing, you're right, but ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...