According to Metafilter, Bookish belongs to a major publisher, I forget which one.
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
They say on the site, it's Hachette/Penguin. Unfortunately, I tested the couple of random French books on my nightstand and got nothing.
Well, there aren't many left, so there are only a few candidates. I'd guess Penguin or Random House. Or ... Penguin House.
I'm still hoping for Random Penguin.
If Hachette/Penguin is what they're going with, it's booooring.
No, that was me. From the site:
Bookish, LLC was founded by Hachette Book Group, Penguin Group (USA) and Simon & Schuster.
Oh, so it's joint then. Unless Simon & Schuster has been subsumed by one or the other and I missed it.
I'm assuming joint venture to get a site out there where they might have more control of content.
Goodreads exploded too quickly, I think, and a lot of it is a junior high bitchfest/popularity contest.
I don't really care if it's pub-run -- it's going to be all algorithms like anything else. And Goodreads friending and "top friending" and blah blah has gotten too much like Facebook with all the clutter.
I agree, Amy. That's why I have rejected using it.