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...says Stanford business school professor William Barnett. "This sounds like a very smart identity play," he says. "In these kinds of businesses, we see not just an appeal to quality but an appeal to identity and authenticity." Yes, the books at Cody's are probably all available on Amazon, and yes, many of them are also sold, at a discount, by the big chain store around the corner. But just as a small wine bar can thrive by pouring drinks available more cheaply at a liquor store or sports bar, so can a bookstore trade on its cachet of cool...
Statistics from the American Booksellers Association bolster his--and Ross's --argument that there is still room for small independents among Barnes & Noble, Borders, Amazon and even Wal-Mart and Costco. The group's membership is down from 4,700 a decade ago but has remained stable at 2,000 for the past three years. And while book sales overall have remained static for the past two years, Ipsos BookTrends reports slight growth for independent bookstores--just over 2% since...
...adapted,” adding that Harvard’s ultimate goal is to make an even wider range of funding opportunities available on the site. She added that the website’s search function is similar to that of online vendor Amazon.com. When users perform a search, Amazon not only spits out a list of results but offers suggestions based on previous buyers’ preferences. Maramaldi said the new site is “user-friendly and straightforward,” and that it aims to provide a broad range of results for each search. Some...
...That's how I feel. I hope to change that because I really feel her. Let's face it: She's an Amazon, and she will not be denied...
SATELLITE Online maps are widely available but now, because pictures are easier to understand than maps, satellites are changing the game. Since buying Keyhole last fall, Google has launched Google Earth, which offers searchable satellite views of the planet. A9.com Amazon's search subsidiary, sent trucks around 22 U.S. cities with digital cameras linked to laptops to photograph every street. So far it has 35 million pictures, which will be overlaid on maps. Microsoft is combining the approaches from the air--its Virtual Earth project is flying planes over cities to take pictures. The aim is to have views from...