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A FLOOD OF BABY AMAZONS.
- Source :
- Forbes; 2/22/1999 ASAP Supplement, p15-18, 3p
- Publication Year :
- 1999
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Abstract
- The article focuses on the adoption by the book industry in the U.S. of electronic (e)-commerce in 1999. Topics discussed include the decision of Scribe's Perch owner Karen Weyant to close her bookstore and become a web-based vendor of used and out-of-print books, the partnership of booksellers with web search engines, and the development of the web site Advanced Book Exchange. Also mentioned are the features of the sites owned by online booksellers Amazon.com Inc. and Barnes & Noble Inc.
- Subjects :
- BOOK industry
ELECTRONIC commerce
INTERNET bookstores
BOOKSELLERS & bookselling
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00156914
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Forbes
- Publication Type :
- Periodical
- Accession number :
- 92973035