BREAKING NEWS: Amazon Buys Goodreads

March 28, 2013 Subscribe · Forward Amazon Buys Goodreads NEW YORK -- Amazon.com Inc., the world's biggest online retailer that got its start in bookselling, has agreed to buy book recommendations site Goodreads. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Amazon said Thursday that it "shares a passion for reinventing reading," with Goodreads. "Goodreads has helped change how we discover and discuss books and, with Kindle, Amazon has helped expand reading around the world," said Russ Grandinetti, vice president of Kindle content for Amazon. Click here to read more  Continue reading... 5 Celebs We Think Should Play Augustus Waters What It's Like To Be A Teen, As Told By 'Harry Potter' 'I Married My Cat...And My Husband!' (NEW BOOK) George R.R. Martin On The Inspiration For 'A Game Of Thrones' 16 Inspiring Robert Frost Quotes On His Birthday Penguin Makes Exciting Announcement About eBook Lending Weirdest Things Fans Have Said To Authors Amazon Buys Goodreads Penguin Makes Exciting Announcement About eBook Lending John Green Contributes To Book About Teen Cancer Victim NORMAN SOLOMON Digital Grab: Corporate Power Has Seized the Internet We have a profound, far-reaching fight on our hands, at a crossroads leading toward democracy or corporate monopoly. The future of humanity is at stake. Continue reading... DAVE ASTOR The Silver Linings in Literature's Bad Marriages Spring is here, which means the start of the wedding season. So there's no better time to discuss literature that features... bad marriages! Continue reading... DAVID FINKLE Easy Reader: Record Mogul Clive Davis Tells All -- and He Means All -- in The Soundtrack of My Life Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Paul Simon, Art Garfunkel, Aretha Franklin and Alicia Keys all receive attention in the voluminous catchall -- discussed in relation to Davis's abiding belief that what fuels the music business first, last and always is the hit song. Continue reading... CAROLE DESANTI Women's History Month Spotlight: Advice From the 19th Century, on Loneliness and Doubt, Horses, Vacuum Cleaners and the Nature of Time In honor of women's history month and to celebrate the paperback publication of The Unruly Passions of Eugénie R., I arranged an interview with Eugénie R. herself (heretofore known only as my fictional character) to find out how this 19th century woman feels about our 21st century world. Continue reading... REBECCA SERLE Lean In and Pay It Forward -- Early At 22 and on my fourth day in New York, I was lucky enough to meet my mentor. I'll never forget what she said to me as I sat sweating in my too-hot-for-the-city sweater: New York is different. I'll tell you what I mean. And she did. Continue reading... Received this from a friend? Sign up for alerts from The Huffington Post here. Unsubscribe here. Huffington Post, 770 Broadway, New York, NY 10003