Amazon plans to open 300-400 bookstores, says mall company CEO

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[Steve_Seattle]

Maybe they’re trying to put Barnes & Noble out of business.

[Grams A]

Went there before Christmas to buy a children’s music CD. Really wanted one with Christmas Carols or more religious children’s songs, such as Jesus Loves Me. They had ZERO. Was terribly disappointed.

[cyclotic]

She worked at a library during high school and college. Families would tie their trips in to times when she was working because she was so good with the kids.

[mylife]

Truly insane.

[wally_bert]

A few weeks ago, I bought a couple of study guides on Kindle. That’s probably the way I’ll go from now on.

[mass55th]

Dumb move. A lot of mall and small, independent bookstores went out of business when Amazon came about. They just couldn’t compete with the prices or convenience. Borders, B. Dalton, Waldenbooks, Lauriat’s, among others, closed after Amazon became popular. I’m not willing to waste gas, and driving time, nor am I willing to walk through a mall, to purchase books I can order online, and have delivered to my door. I buy a lot of used books on Amazon, then swap them through a book-swap site for books I want. I have a Kindle too, but don’t buy as many of those as I do used books.

[disndat]

all the porch snatching going on

What is the probability that people who would steal a package of books off a porch CAN'T READ?

[Recon Dad]

“I have a thousand prime locations ready to go” ceo, Blockbuster....cheap!!!

[Grams A]

Too bad we don’t have more young people like your daughter. Of course, libraries have also changed a whole lot and most people don’t even know what a card catalog is/was or how to even begin to understand the Dewey Decimal System.

[Gaffer]

Okay. My bad.

[SaveFerris]

[the Dewey Decimal System]

What a scam that was! - Cosmo Kramer

[Thibodeaux]

Dewey’s system it’s actually simple

200 + 500 = 700

Religion + pure science = arts and recreation

or

800 - 500 = 300

literature - pure science = social science

[Blood of Tyrants]

Yep, over the past several years hundreds (thousands?) of physical bookstores have closed and he thinks he can make it where others have failed? Does he not realize that Amazon is a large part of the failed stores.

[Secret Agent Man]

totally unwise move in this economy.

[buckalfa]

Amazon = the anti-Amazon?

[Thibodeaux]

not brick and mortar but steel studs and epoxy stucco in the strip malls

[Secret Agent Man]

your name....

half buckwheat, half alfalfa..? /little rascals?

[AndyJackson]

I bought a Kindle. I absolutely love it. I will never go completely away from paper, but for travel I can take my library with me

Love Kindle [on my ipad, PC, etc.]. At home or wherever I go my library is there. Now I am very disappointed when there is a book I want and it is not available in Kindle. One of these days I will retire, move and I have a large collection of books that were of interest but perhaps of little real value.

[colinhester]

Two day delivery and cut UPS bill to almost nothing by delivering to just 400 or so stores, within said region, for local pickup...

[Steve_Seattle]

"Yep, over the past several years hundreds (thousands?) of physical bookstores have closed and he thinks he can make it where others have failed? Does he not realize that Amazon is a large part of the failed stores."

Maybe this is intended to apply the fatal head shot to B&N and eliminate their last major bookseller competitor. Once that's done, they'll rethink the purpose of the stores, use them as distribution centers, or just sell them or let their leases expire.