Briefly Noted…
Welcome to Shelfari a new (relatively) Web 2.0 site for book lovers…
Ebay auction and fixed price 20 cent listings today…
Ebay will roll out improved feedback system…
Can Social Networking Jump Start Borders?
On the heals of another disappointing quarter for Borders came an announcement of the company’s move into the social networking field. The site, Gather, will be an attempt to harness the popular social networking movement and make a sort of online book club. What’s fascinating is that the Gather site will send users to Amazon (Borders online partner) to purchase books.
As Borders examines the sales at Amazon, it will likely find that users are making a good deal of purchased in the marketplace. If this is the case, there may be some hope, that when Borders drops Amazon, there will be room in their website model to make way for their own used marketplace, thereby opening another venue for independent online sellers. Wishful thinking.
Bookfinder International Expansion
A post today at Bookfinder notes the launching of two new sites catering to the UK and Germany. This is a strong move for the company, and especially so for parent company Abebooks, as their US competitor, Alibris, recently made three big hires in charge of mergers and acqusitions of an international flavor.
