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Goodreads.com Is Growing as a Popular Book Site

Posted at 9:55PM Wednesday 13 Feb 2013

Goodreads and smaller similar sites are addressing what publishers call the "discoverability" problem: How do you guide consumers to books they might want to read? The digital age has created online retail sites that are overflowing with new books, leaving readers awash in unknown titles.

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