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Scribd Split Its Library Into Four - and Found a Bigger Story
The company once pitched one enormous digital shelf. Now it is betting that documents, decks, books and book clubs work better in separate rooms - connected by a single subscription strategy and a growing layer of AI.
Goodreads
Goodreads is the world's largest social platform for readers, letting people track what they read, rate and review books, get personalized recommendations, and connect with a community of more than 150 million members. Founded in 2006 by Otis Chandler and Elizabeth Khuri Chandler and acquired by Amazon in 2013, it pairs a vast book database with tools for shelving, discovery, reading challenges, and the annual reader-voted Goodreads Choice Awards.
Libby Roin
Libby Roin is the CEO of Goodreads, the world's largest social reading platform with over 150 million members. A Boston College English major turned MIT Sloan MBA, she spent nearly a decade building her way up through Goodreads product teams before taking the top job in January 2022. Along the way she founded Polk Street Press, a children's interactive app studio, and raised over $10 million for Teach for America. She grew up one of seven kids in Oklahoma - daughter of a police officer and a schoolteacher - and brings a pragmatic, community-first sensibility to one of the internet's most beloved book destinations.