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Why I Buy All My Books On Amazon * They have it, always(and the newest printing of it) * They usually have it digital, I start reading it within 60 seconds *
by jhspaybar 13y ago
Why I Buy All My Books On Amazon
* They have it, always(and the newest printing of it)
* They usually have it digital, I start reading it within 60 seconds
* If it's not digital it is often available used($200 textbooks for $5? Yes, please, my "local" bookstore can keep their copies at $150 used).
* Prime shipping
* Oh, I also need new batteries, and a box of diapers? Might as well throw those in to the order and get back to things I would rather be doing than driving through town wasting my time.
- makomk 13y ago"They have it, always(and the newest printing of it)" The trouble is, Amazon knows that consumers think this way - so whenever they want to extort publishers into giving them a bigger discount they just make all that publishers' books unavailable on Amazon, knowing that everyone will just assume the books are out of print and not bother looking elsewhere.
- ISL 13y agoIf there's another Amazon-efficient middleman that offers superior rates to publishers/manufacturers at equal price/service to consumers, Amazon is as dead as Books-A-Million. Amazon's retail key is its unmatched distribution network. If someone can duplicate it, they'll eventually have half of the market.
- the_watcher 13y agoLuckily for Amazon, matching their distribution and logistics power is a billion dollar investment that will take someone like Bezos (willing to spend whatever it takes to hit his goal).
- ivv 13y agoCould that be a business model for the US Postal Service?