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Amazon actually paid $150M for Goodreads - from AllThingsD

2 pointsby crapshoot101about 12 years ago
In light of the other thread about the BS $1B valuation based on an active users count (this is why the businessweek's of the world don't get tech), this price makes a lot more sense - Goodreads' users are not worth the same as LinkedIn or even Facebook.

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mrwhy2kabout 12 years ago
I think that sounds like a fair price based on other acquisitions taking place. You can see how many DAU they had on FB, they were thriving.
crapshoot101about 12 years ago
this is interesting to me, given the silly discussion about the $1B price point (this is why BusinessWeek doesn't get tech) - clearly Goodreads users are not worth as much as LinkedIn users or even FB ones.