This news has been spreading through the blogs and industry news sites today, so there was a fairly obvious question being discussed in the CompletelyNovel office…will the takeover of Shelfari by the mighty Amazon have any impact on CompletelyNovel?

Well, one thing that is reassuring from this news, is that we are coming into this industry at the right time. There is a lot of change going on, and moves like this by Amazon can only highlight to others in the publishing world that they have to look at ways of keeping up with the developments in technology…as CompletelyNovel is going to have lots to offer to publishers and others within the book industry, it should help pave the way for us working with them in the future.

We are not competing directly with Amazon, or Shelfari – so the takeover is not damaging to our future prospects. However, many users of their services are likely to be interested in what we have to offer, so it does make us even more excited (and impatient!) to get our website out there for everyone to see and use!