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Amazon Acquires Goodreads : Readers React

Cassandra Neace

Staff Writer

Cassandra Neace is a high school English teacher in Houston. When she's not in the classroom, she reads books and writes about them. She prides herself on her ability to recommend a book for most any occasion. She can be found on Instagram @read_write_make

On Thursday afternoon, Twitter exploded with reactions to the news that popular social reading site Goodreads was purchased by Amazon. Reactions to this news were fairly consistent and almost entirely negative.

https://storify.com/CassandraNeace/readers-react-amazon-buys-goodreads

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