Goodreads buys Discovereads

Yesterday the online book community Goodreads bought the book discovery site Discovereads for an undisclosed sum.

The 2 sites obviously share a number of interests. Otis Chandler, CEO of GoodReads, writes in the annnouncement that “Many of you have given us feedback that you’d like to see book recommendations on Goodreads from a Netflix-style algorithm. We’ve always agreed, but good recommendation algorithms are really (really!) difficult to do right. … To tackle this highly complex challenge, Goodreads has acquired a company by the name of Discovereads.com.

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