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> Amazon was never a bookseller. I remember it differently. Also, actual history is different too. > Bezos finally decided that his new business would sell b
by recursive 4y ago
> Amazon was never a bookseller.
I remember it differently. Also, actual history is different too.
> Bezos finally decided that his new business would sell books online, because of the large worldwide demand for literature, the low unit price for books, and the huge number of titles available in print.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Amazon#Online_bookstore_and_IPO https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Amazon#Online_books...
- pstuart 4y agoThat was their MVP of retail. IIRC, they never hid their ambitions to expand their market.
- 8note 4y agoI'm not sure what your point is? They still sold books and only books at the time
- maxerickson 4y agoThe point is that doesn't make them a bookseller!
- CamperBob2 4y agoTime to stop digging.
- maxerickson 4y agoNot my internet points!
- recursive 4y agoThat's literally the definition. It kind of does.
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- pstuart 4y agoYes they only sold books at that point because it was the easiest thing for them to sell (thus the MVP). IIRC they did not hide their ambition to go beyond that.
- maxerickson 4y agoYeah, they sold books, I didn't say they didn't. The couple paragraphs above the one you link talk about Bezos wanting to participate in the internet business boom and then the ones you link talk about commerce. Selling books was never the ambition, it was only the path.