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Brian Howard
For now, Ownshelf is in beta: Titles purchased through Amazon, Barnes & Noble, iBooks or any other walled garden can't be uploaded and accessed through the platform, though Marazzani and Co. are trying to devise a solution to that sticky wicket.
On the horizon for the web-based Ownshelf, which users sign into via Facebook accounts, are native apps for iOS and Android, a cloud-reading platform (at present, Ownshelf is essentially a file locker), alternative sign-in options and more sophisticated sorting and filtering. "Say you have Fifty Shades of Grey and you're embarrassed that your friends will see it," says Marazzani. "Maybe you can hide certain books from them."
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