Posted on 09/23/2014 7:33:32 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Amazon.com has the books in print catalog online, same as any book retailer.
It’s not as if all of that “stuff” is in their warehouse. Any good retailer can order it from the distributor.
Amazon became the “klenex” brand name of it. Same as Google. Others offering the same service.
But merely launching a website doesn’t mean that people will use it or that it will continue to be strong, especially in a market of similar competitors. Friendster was beaten by Myspace was beaten by Facebook. The “cool kids” determine where the people will “be”. And they left Myspace in about a year’s time after “Faux NewsCorp” bought them. They hate Facebook too now but haven’t decided where to go yet.
I will plead old age and recall the film I saw in hard scrabble England WW2.
Citizen Kane
Orson Welles did a masterful job on wealth and greed. Based on a Mr. Hearst, we are told.
I’m beginning to think CNN is Cass Sunstein.
What are the causes of poverty?
Seems there’s a lot of confusion here over what constitutes “poor”. Definitions range from “not outright rich” to “destitute and mentally incapacitated”; those with differing definitions are reacting to the difference with a surprising degree of hostility.
Alibaba has more sales than amazon and ebay combined. They’ve clearly done more than just “launch a website”.
There’s competition in every industry. Ask Polaroid. Ask Studebaker. Ask Wang.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.