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Kobo stops using the Amazon-owned Goodreads API

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Maybe this was inevitable since Amazon (s AMZN) acquired book-based social network Goodreads (see disclosure), but Kobo has stopped using the Goodreads API on its website and in its apps, Good E-Reader reports.

That means no more Goodreads ratings and reviews on Kobo book pages. It sounds as if the decision was driven by Kobo, not Goodreads or Amazon: The company’s chief content officer Michael Tamblyn tells Good E-reader that Kobo might re-add the Goodreads API in the future. And back in March when Amazon acquired Goodreads, the companies told me they would leave the Goodreads API open and would not shut off the Kobo feed. (Update: Goodreads confirmed it’s made no changes to its API.)

Nonetheless, the move demonstrates the risk of relying on what is now a competing retailer’s API. At one point, Goodreads actually encountered a similar problem itself: In early 2012, it stopped sourcing its…

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Digital now makes up 11.3% of Hachette’s revenues worldwide, and 20% of Random House’s

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Not My Review: Salvation by Grace – The Case for Effectual Calling and Regeneration, by Matthew Barrett

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The link below is to a book review of ‘Salvation by Grace – The Case for Effectual Calling and Regeneration,’ by Matthew Barrett.

For more visit:
http://www.credomag.com/2013/08/06/new-book-by-matthew-barrett-salvation-by-grace-pr/

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Not My Review: The Grace of Godliness – An Introduction to Doctrine and Piety in the Canons of Dort by Matthew Barrett

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The link below is to a book review of ‘The Grace of Godliness – An Introduction to Doctrine and Piety in the Canons of Dort,’ by Matthew Barrett.

For more visit:
http://blog.founders.org/2013/08/the-grace-of-godliness-introduction-to.html

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Article: Kobo Suspends Usage of the GoodReads API

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The link below is to an article reporting on yet another bookseller shooting itself in the foot – Kobo has suspended Goodreads from its ebook readers.

For more visit:
http://goodereader.com/blog/electronic-readers/kobo-suspends-usage-of-the-goodreads-api

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Article: Seamus Heaney Dies

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The link below is to an article reporting on the death of Seamus Heaney.

For more visit:
http://www.teleread.com/poetry/r-i-p-seamus-heaney-the-passing-of-a-giant/

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Not My Review: Hotel Savoy by Joseph Roth

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The link below is to a book review of ‘Hotel Savoy,’ by Joseph Roth.

For more visit:
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/aug/30/hotel-savoy-joseph-roth-review

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Not My Review: Eminent Parliamentarians – The Speaker’s Lectures, By Philip Norton

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The link below is to a book review of ‘Eminent Parliamentarians – The Speaker’s Lectures,’ by Philip Norton.

For more visit:

Book Review: Eminent Parliamentarians: The Speaker’s Lectures | LSE Review of Books.

 

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Article: Seamus Heaney

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The link below is to an article that takes a look at the life of Seamus Heaney, the Nobel laureate who recently died.

For more visit:
http://www.theguardian.com/books/gallery/2013/aug/30/seamus-heaney-life-pictures-poetry

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Not My Review: Witches – A Tale of Sorcery, Scandal and Seduction by Tracy Borman

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The link below is to a book review of ‘Witches – A Tale of Sorcery, Scandal and Seduction,’ by Tracy Borman.

For more visit:
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/aug/30/witches-tracy-borman-review