> It was a purely defensive move to prevent anyone else from acquiring or partnering with Goodreads I think there's another angle you're missing here - Amazon

> It was a purely defensive move to prevent anyone else from acquiring or partnering with Goodreads I think there's another angle you're missing here - Amazon wanted to stop paying so much in affiliate sales. At their size, they were easily taking in tens of millions a year from all the Amazon affiliate links. Now Amazon own it, they don't have to pay that out.