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Shelfari

Shelfari was a social cataloging website. Shelfari users built virtual bookshelves of the titles they owned or had read, and could rate, review, tag, and discuss their books. Users could also create groups that other members could join, create discussions, and talk about books, or other topics. Recommendations could be sent to friends on the site for…

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Founded
October 11, 2006; 19 years ago (2006-10-11)
Founders
Josh Hug, Kevin Beukelman, Mark Williamson
Industry
Online book community
Headquarters
Seattle, Washington, U.S.
Defunct
2016
Key people
Josh Hug (CEO) Kevin Beukelman (Chief Architect) Dave Hanley (VP Marketing) Ian Patterson (Lead Designer)

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Shelfari

Nodes17
Edges16
Triples52
Avg. degree1.88
Density0.117647
Components1

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Shelfari

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related to Founding and marketing · 18
Shelfari → At, CDs, DVDs, Flixster, Ian Patterson, Inc, ISBN, It, Josh Hug, Kevin Beukelman, LibraryThing, Mark Williamson, October, RealNetworks, Tastemakers, The, There, This
related to Criticism · 11
Shelfari → CEO, Gmail, In, In November, Invite Friends, Jesse Wegman, Josh Hug, LibraryThing, October, The New York Observer, Tim Spalding
related to Features · 7
Shelfari → In, Similar, Sorting, The, The Shelfari, Users, Using
related to Amazon and shutdown · 6
Shelfari → After, Amazon, CEO, In August, Josh Hug, The
Defunct · 1
Shelfari → 2016
Founded · 1
Shelfari → October 11, 2006; 19 years ago (2006-10-11)
Founders · 1
Shelfari → Josh Hug, Kevin Beukelman, Mark Williamson
Headquarters · 1
Shelfari → Seattle, Washington, U.S.
Industry · 1
Shelfari → Online book community
Key people · 1
Shelfari → Josh Hug (CEO) Kevin Beukelman (Chief Architect) Dave Hanley (VP Marketing) Ian Patterson (Lead Designer)

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books amazon could users book social website goodreads 2007 josh hug read site also links features virtual october kevin 2016

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
ShelfariDefunct20161.00infobox
ShelfariFoundedOctober 11, 2006; 19 years ago (2006-10-11)1.00infobox
ShelfariFoundersJosh Hug, Kevin Beukelman, Mark Williamson1.00infobox
ShelfariHeadquartersSeattle, Washington, U.S.1.00infobox
ShelfariIndustryOnline book community1.00infobox
ShelfariKey peopleJosh Hug (CEO) Kevin Beukelman (Chief Architect) Dave Hanley (VP Marketing) Ian Patterson (Lead Designer)1.00infobox
ShelfariParentAmazon.com1.00infobox
ShelfariTypeSubsidiary1.00infobox
ShelfariWebsitewww.shelfari.com1.00infobox
social movie site Flixster.Shelfari launched in October 2006instance ofThis strategy may have mirrored a trend during this time period of creating niche social networks0.80text
Shelfarirelated to Amazon and shutdownIn August0.60section
Shelfarirelated to Amazon and shutdownAmazon0.60section

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