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amazon usually drives the books you order to your home. now, it wants you to drive to your books .
two decades after it started selling books online, amazon opens a shopping center storefront with books for sale on actual shelves .
the amazon books entrance at the shops at columbus circle in new york city .
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amazon will charge the same price for books in the store as it does online .
books on display at amazon' s brick - and - mortar bookstore in seattle .
amazon books stores don' t accept cash, but you can pay by amazon app, or credit card .
amazon’s success with books allowed the e - commerce behemoth to expand far beyond its origins .
the new amazon books location will open in bellevue, wash. , later this year .
the dedham, mass. , store is the first amazon books on the east coast .
from books for dummies, to textbooks for students, there are a wide variety of books. you can explore the young adults books store if you’re looking to gift a nice book to a teenager, where you can find books from the best - selling series .
customers browse books at the opening day for amazon books, the first brick - and - mortar retail store for online retail giant amazon, tuesday, nov. 3, 2015, in seattle .
amazon books is now at your fingertips. open the amazon shopping app on your mobile device and navigate to amazon books under ‘programs & features. ’ select your local store to search product availability, see prime pricing, and use your amazon account to pay .
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the registers at the amazon books store in dedham, mass. , which does not accept cash .
we are excited to be bringing amazon books to southport in chicago ,
amazon spokeswoman deborah bass said in an email thursday .
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bookstores have been battling competition from amazon for so long that they don’t expect the addition of an amazon books store to change their business .
amazon books is a looming presence to independent bookstores in seattle. photograph: alex garland / demotix / corbis
a table for reading, computer use or coffee breaks at the amazon books store in dedham, mass .
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the store, called amazon books, sells a few thousand books chosen in part based on customer reviews from amazon. com. the store also has amazon’s line of devices on display, such as kindle fire tablets and the echo voice - controlled speaker .
there are no traditional price tags at amazon books — you have to scan the books to find out how much they cost. amazon prime members can get the books at the same price listed on amazon. com, while nonmembers can purchase titles at the publisher' s suggested retail price, which appears on the back of each book .
the stores are also an indirect showcase for the amazon prime membership program, because prime members pay considerably less for books than non - members do. industry insiders speculate that amazon could also eventually expand its “just walk out technology” from its new amazon go convenience store to amazon books locations, as well .
amazon books shoppers will find a limited number of titles (roughly 3, 500 books in total), with books picked based on a variety of truly amazonian factors such as online customer reviews and sales data. books are placed face - out on the shelves with an accompanying card that includes the average rating and a review — but not the price .
jennifer cast, vice president of amazon books, is careful to say the store won’t be stocked solely on data .
update: powell’s books ceo miriam sontz provided the following response to amazon’s plans to open a physical bookstore in portland .
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“the amazon books stores continue to carry a relatively small number of books compared to traditional bookstores. for a serious reader who wants to browse, they' re not very satisfying, ” he said .
still, during a recent visit, amazon books was bustling with customers, and not just the “showrooming” kind that browse in a physical store and buy online. with guaranteed urltoken prices, people were actually buying books in the amazon bookstore .
“we are excited to be bringing amazon books to bellevue square in 2017, and we are currently hiring store managers and associates, ” an amazon spokesperson said .
in an interview with geekwire last fall, amazon books’ head jennifer cast hinted that more stores might be on the way .
amazon books is planning to open five more locations soon, including stores in new jersey and another in new york city .
the opening of any new bookshop in 21st century america may be unusual but amazon books vice president jennifer cast speaks of it as if the very idea of perusing books on shelves is a great leap forward .
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ultimately, swan said, “i do hope the community continues to support the independent bookstores in the general area, such as rakestraw books in danville and berkshire books in concord .
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laurelle swan, owner of swan’s fine books, said in an email that she was “not entirely surprised” by amazon’s arrival, “as there is definitely a need in walnut creek for a place to buy new books. ”
the store in dedham, which opened six weeks ago, is the first amazon books store to open on the east coast. it offers a preview of what shoppers can expect when the first amazon books in new jersey opens in paramus in about two months .
with books the initial product amazon used to build the country’s largest e - commerce empire, some analysts have wondered if books will be the basis for a new amazon empire of brick - and - mortar stores that could threaten all retailers, not just booksellers .
“our goal is to do a great job selling lots of books, ” cast said .
i tend not to put my faith in personal reviews of books. everyone’s taste is different
when i asked jennifer cast, vice president of amazon books, whether amazon' s foray into brick - and - mortar is a mechanism to convert more customers into amazon prime subscribers, she deflected the question .
walnut creek, with a population of roughly 64, 000 inhabitants, has only one independent bookstore, swan’s fine books, which opened in 2013. a barnes & noble bookstore closed in walnut creek in 2015, and the city was once also home to a pegasus books store (it moved to berkeley in 1996) and books inc. and crown books shops .
update november 2nd, 10: 18pm et: this story has been updated with confirmation from amazon that amazon books is a permanent location, not a pop - up store .
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“we realized that we felt sorry for the books that were spine out, ” cast said .
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swan’s fine books sells collectible books, from californiana to rare books in many genres, and thus won’t likely compete with amazon. as amazon states on its website, the company’s bookstores select books “based on urltoken customer ratings, pre - orders, sales, popularity on goodreads, and our curators’ assessments... . under each book is a review card with the urltoken customer rating and a review. most have been rated 4 stars or above and many are award winners. ”
cady wouldn’t provide specific numbers on how amazon books has affected university book store’s sales, but she says that she’s definitely noticed “different spending patterns” .
it was
day one
at amazon books, the tech giant' s first brick - and - mortar store in new york city .
retail reporter joan verdon visits the first amazon books store on the east coast to see what we can expect at the store coming to paramus .
early amazon exec jennifer cast runs the amazon books division and reports to kessel. she spent a long time away from amazon before returning in 2014 to take on this role. another vice president working on the project is cameron janes, who joined amazon in 2007 and was recently the product management leader for amazon’ fire phone .
to a certain extent the books are once again amazon' s
entry drug ,
just as they were in 1995 when the company first opened and sold only books, said john mutter, who writes the bookstore industry newsletter shelf awareness .
though smaller than the seattle store, san diego’s amazon books location is similar in style and function, featuring a distinctive exterior brick wall, as well as an interior crafted not only to sell a curated selection books, but also to heavily promote amazon’s prime subscription service and its electronic devices .
the new store is 4, 000 square feet, and it houses about 3, 000 books .
amazon books also offers kindle ebook readers, fire tv streaming devices, and echo speakers, which allows users to control compatible electronics with voice commands .
amazon describes the books in its first bricks and mortar location, in seattle, as a ‘curated’ selection. photograph: alex garland / demotix / corbis
while the store shelves only books that have an average rating of at least four out of five stars online, a table of highly rated 4. 8 stars & above books greets you at the entrance .
“even though they call it amazon books, the centerpiece of the store is the electronics. literally in the center of the store they have huge tables with kindles and fires and fire tv. the books are sort of around them, ” mutter said .
the store — which sells mostly books and some electronics, like the amazon echo — doesn' t have traditional price tags, and with the exception of new releases, it stocks only books that have an average online rating of four stars or above .
a safe distance away from amazon books – about 15 minutes by car – elliot bay book company remains a protected oasis from the amazon store’s influence. the spacious store in the city’s cultured capitol hill neighborhood feels like the opposite of amazon books. at amazon, kids play with amazon fire on a giant flatscreen; at elliott bay, kids play inside a miniature castle in the middle of the children’s section. each book at amazon features a label with an excerpt from a customer review and the aggregate customer rating from the website; at elliott bay, select books have handwritten recommendations from staff .
selling books isn’t new for amazon. when the company was born as an online retailer in 1994, it sold only books. but amazon selling books in a physical store is very new. it opened its first bookstore, in seattle, at the end of 2015. it now has five stores, with seven more, including paramus and two in manhattan, expected to open over the next 12 months .
aidan devlon, 32, of seattle, looks up a book on the amazon smartphone app as he shops in the new amazon books store in seattle. photograph: jason redmond / afp / getty images
as consumers increasing rely on the seattle - based e - commerce giant, it’s hard to remember a time when amazon sold only one product: books .
“we’ve innovated in many ways in the books category over the past 20 years, and we believed we could innovate and give customers an additional, enjoyable way to discover great books, ” she said in an email .
“it makes a lot of sense for amazon to open a bookstore in one of the best places in america to test selling retail books, ” outcalt said .
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there' s also a curated selection of books that are highly rated online by users based in new york .
amazon books, a brick and mortar shop in an upscale mall in seattle, is a looming presence to the remaining independents that urltoken has yet to take down .
“as far as i’m concerned there’s already an amazon bookstore in everybody’s bedroom, ” said kenny sarfin, owner of books & greetings, an independent bookstore in northvale .
an employee helps a customer at the new amazon books store at university village in seattle, washington on november 3, 2015. twenty years after pioneering the virtual bookstore, amazon went brick - and - mortar. t
amazon got its start as an online bookseller, and now — over 20 years later — it' s decided to sell books the old - fashioned way. on tuesday, amazon will open a store in seattle called amazon books. not only is it one of amazon' s first physical locations, but it' s also amazon' s first physical bookstore. amazon says that it won' t entirely be doing things like a traditional store, however; it' ll be relying on urltoken data — including customer ratings, sales totals, and goodread' s popularity — to decide which books to stock. curators will have some say, too .
one of the first things you' ll notice is that all of the books are displayed with their covers outward .
... as well as categories that you wouldn' t find at your typical bookstore, like books with more than 10, 000 reviews on amazon. com .
the stores are mostly focused on books, but also sell amazon' s line of consumer electronics, including its kindle e - readers and fire tv streaming media players .
of course using data to make decisions alone is not a bad thing. what is interesting about amazon books is that it is seemingly quick to adapt once it learns what doesn’t work—a challenge for traditional bookstores. store locations that opened earlier in other cities, for example, placed self - help books near religion, says cast, but customers said they thought they would be better suited near business books. after consulting its sales data, amazon decided to change .
amazon books is not your average bookstore. taylor, who visited soon after it opened, described the store as “sterile” and “not what we think of as a normal bookstore” .
regarding amazon books’s impact on independent bookstores, bass said: “we think successful stores will remain successful. offline retail is a big space with room for lots of winners. ”
amazon books is slated to open in hudson yards, the massive retail, commercial and residential space developed by related cos. and oxford properties group, sources tell the post .
we are excited to be bringing amazon books to washington square this fall, and we are currently hiring store managers and associates. stay tuned for additional details down the road .
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correction: an earlier version of this story incorrectly stated that the store stocked only books with an average online rating of 4. 5 stars or above. this location stocks new releases as well as books with a four - star rating or above .
“we talk about ourselves as a physical extension of amazon. com, ” said jennifer cast, vice president of amazon books, on a tour for press. indeed: amazon books heavily promotes its data - driven approach all around the store, just like the site does with its many recommendations—and makes amazon’s prime service feel irresistible, just like the site does. but by making the store an extension of amazon. com, rather than a place in which people really want to spend time and forget their screens in lieu of something quieter, amazon books takes away one of the greatest pleasures of a bookstore: escapism. with the entire store blinking like a banner ad for amazon prime above your head, you lose the ability to fade away into the printed word .
with online sales still accounting for about 8% of all retail sales in the us, the goal of amazon books' physical store is to help capture those purchases that happen offline .
amazon and ggp declined to comment. it' s unclear where mathrani got the figure for amazon' s plans .
the stores share some basic characteristics, such as displaying their books face out, carrying digital devices and accessories, and only stocking books that receive high ratings from amazon reviewers. in a new wrinkle added after the first few stores opened, customers who are members of amazon’s prime membership service receive the same discounts they get for online purchases; books are full price for nonmembers. most stores, which range from 3, 500 to 6, 000 sq. ft. , employ around 20 booksellers and staff .
at the amazon bookstore in seattle’s university village, prime members who pay $ 99 for an annual membership — or $ 10. 99 per month — can purchase books and other items at the same price that they sell for on amazon. com .
amazon books is a physical extension of urltoken that integrates the benefits of offline and online shopping to help you discover products you’ll love, like your next great read. we select books based on urltoken customer ratings, pre - orders, sales, popularity on goodreads, and our curators’ assessments. stop by to explore the aisles, and test drive amazon devices including amazon echo, kindle e - readers, fire tablets, and fire tv .
“owners of independent bookstores do this because we love books and we love people who love books. we are willing to make an income that is next to nothing in order to serve our communities. amazon has size and resources, but they will never hold the heart of their communities in their hands as we do. ”
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“we’re giving customers an additional way to discover books and devices they’ll love by integrating the benefits of offline and online shopping in a physical store, ” company spokesperson deborah bass said of amazon’s strategy .
the online retailer plans to open another brick - and - mortar amazon books shop at 7 w. 34th st. , between fifth and sixth avenues, this summer, a spokeswoman said tuesday .
the store in seattle, which spans 7, 400 square feet and includes about 5, 000 books, also showcases a healthy slate of amazon devices, including the popular kindle e - readers .
in july 2016, there were reports that amazon would be opening a physical location in new york city. earlier today, the wall street journal confirmed plans for an amazon books location in the shops at columbus circle mall area in time warner center on 59th street .
with the opening of amazon’s chicago bookstore in the city’s southport corridor section last week, the company now has five amazon books outlets and announced plans for five more. though amazon took 10 months between opening its first store in seattle and its second in san diego, calif. , the pace of openings and announced openings has quickened .
that doesn’t mean the stores still aren’t puzzling. why does amazon — bookstore killer — want to become a physical book purveyor? one smart take has been that the stores are as much about selling amazon devices like the echo and kindle as they are about selling books .
the physical stores are another way for amazon to sell its own line of books. if it is like the seattle location, it would double as a showroom for kindle e - readers and fire tablets .
prime members enjoy free two - day shipping and exclusive access to music, movies, tv shows, original audio series, and kindle books .
and that is ok with amazon, according to mike elgan, a contributing columnist for computerworld, who, when amazon first began opening brick - and - mortar stores, wrote that what amazon really is selling “is the impulse to buy everything from amazon. ”
they' re also a physical advertisement for amazon' s profitable $ 99 - a - year free delivery and extras prime program. the bookstores feature a two - tier pricing system. amazon prime members pay amazon' s online price for books while non - prime customers pay the list price, typically 10% to 30% more .
“i think it’s very nice to see the books faced outwards. i like that very much. the reviews, not so much. i tend not to put my faith in personal reviews of books. everyone’s taste is different. i don’t know who these people are, ” she said .
amazon books, the e - commerce giant’s seemingly incongruous brick - and - mortar venture, is now open at westfield utc mall in university city. the bookstore marks the company’s second formal foray into offline retail .
amazon, which used books to build its e - commerce empire — and to convince shoppers to buy online and avoid a trip to the local bookstore — is now opening its own version of a local bookstore .
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amazon does have one physical bookstore, which it opened in its hometown of seattle back in november. books are offered at the same price as those online, the company says. customers are also able to peruse amazon devices including kindle, echo, fire tv and fire tablet series .
amazon is currently hiring for a new amazon books bookstore in southern california that has yet to be announced, according to job listings. one listing, for an amazon books assistant store manager in la jolla or san diego, says: “you love the excitement of running a bookstore. you have a flair for leading teams and adjusting your leadership style based on the situation. you enjoy reading and keep yourself updated on the latest in the digital devices front. you are part of the store leadership team. ”
the store doesn’t let you escape the noise of shopping online: one section is for books with more than 10, 000 reviews; another display is for “page - turners, ” based on ebooks that customers have read in three or fewer days; with a few exceptions, books need a 4 - star review to be in the store; to enter, you have to walk around a table showing books 4. 8 star - rated or higher .
some of that data includes reviews from the millions of amazon customers who have left appraisals of books on the website. below each book on the shelf is a card with either a review or a rating from the site .
“the bookstores i love celebrate reading, ” cast said. “what better way to celebrate reading than to have the voices of readers under our books? ”
but cady tells a different story. “everyone’s had to adjust to amazon online, ” she says, , “but having a store just down the street is a little different. we’re at ground zero. we’re in the blast. ” university book store is less than a mile away from amazon books .
urltoken launched its online bookselling site at a time when bookstore chains such as barnes & noble, waldenbooks and crown books were familiar storefronts in american shopping malls .
the store, called amazon books, looks a lot like bookstores that populate malls across the country. its wood shelves are stocked with 5, 000 to 6, 000 titles, best - sellers as well as urltoken customer favorites .
amazon’s customers help select books for the store in other ways as well. the new store includes, for example, “bald, fat & crazy: how i beat cancer while pregnant with one daughter and adopting another” by stephanie hosford, a title that ranks 622, 923 in books sold on amazon. but those who have read it seem to love it. the book has a 5 - star rating from all 56 customers who have reviewed it on the site .
amazon books: bookstores in seattle, san diego, portland, boston, chicago, new york city, new jersey, bellevue, san jose. coming soon to walnut creek, los angeles, washington dc, and austin, tx .
the new york location joins the three existing stores in seattle, portland, and san diego, along with the two planned sites in massachusetts and chicago that have yet to open. like the other amazon books locations, the new york store will presumably offer equivalent prices to amazon' s online site for prime customers, integration of amazon and goodreads reviews, and kindle devices for purchase .
when amazon sells a device like the echo, which has a virtual assistant that can answer questions or place orders for amazon products, according to elgan, “it sells a lifetime of easy ordering of everything from amazon. ”
it had reached out to sales staff at local stores, such as third place books, to work at the new store. it wound up hiring 15 employees, including librarians, retail clerks and even a receptionist from amazon who loves reading .
san diego shoppers will indeed find that the store is designed to funnel them into amazon’s broader e - commerce marketplace. sales associates’ most frequent refrain — the question: “do you have the amazon app on your phone? ” — is a constant reminder that something larger is at play. shoppers are not only trained on how to download the amazon app and scan books to check prices, but are also encouraged to pay with their amazon account, via smartphone, at checkout .
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“this is a neighborhood where people live and want to support a bookstore, ” says tracy taylor, general manager of the elliott bay bookstore. many of her customers work for amazon, she says, which actually helps since they care about books .
so, can amazon books succeed where others have not ?
we sure hope so ,
said cast, noting that the goal is to bring customers a new way of shopping .
we have 20 years of experience delighting people online .
cast notes that the stores are a
blend of art and science .
the books are categorized in a way that makes it clear how the retail behemoth is using its troves of data. sections of the store include :
books kindle readers finish in 3 days or less ,
and
fiction bestsellers in new york city .
despite its name, the venue isn’t really a bookstore — at least not in the familiar sense. here, books act as a vehicle to drive consumers deeper into the amazon system, copic said. books, he said, are small but browsable, don' t have a shelf - life and, more importantly, can act as conversation starters with staffers, who can then teach customers about the benefits of prime membership .
a rumor that amazon might open 400 bookstores sent ripples across the bookselling world .
figure 5: existing amazon prime now hubs in the united states of america .
figure 12: existing and projected new amazon fulfillment centers in the united kingdom .
figure 13: existing and projected new amazon fulfillment centers in the united kingdom .
prime members get the same prices as on urltoken for everything in the store. amazon devices are the same prices as on urltoken for all customers. non - prime members are welcome to learn about all the other amazon prime benefits and join prime in store. books and other items are available at list price for non - prime customers .
in the case of children’s books and cookbooks, which comprise two substantial sections of the store, that’s a good thing. thick cookbooks with handsome covers benefit from being turned out .
the new store looks much like a traditional bookstore. you’ll find sections for cookbooks, travel guides, and fiction. but other sections are based on amazon’s years of accumulating data on which titles people look at and buy through its website, from its goodreads ebook platform, and user reviews, said jennifer cast, vice president of amazon books .
the program helps college mailrooms deal with an influx of orders from amazon prime and also provides a more convenient way for students to get textbooks for cheaper on amazon .
amazon also scored a $ 30 million contract to sell e - books to new york city schools, the nation’s largest school district, according to the wall street journal. the contract comes with a $ 34. 5 million option to extend for two more years .
amazon does seem to be up to something within its bookseller roots. robert sindelar, managing partner at the popular seattle shop third place books, said a few of his booksellers were contacted by amazon recruiters on linkedin. the booksellers didn’t follow up with the recruiter, but from what they could tell, the project seemed related to a retail establishment .
the amazon book store takes a slightly different approach to retail. all book titles face outward, making it easy for customers to browse titles. also, none of the books have price tags. instead, customers wave the bar code on the book under a scanner in order to determine the price, which matches prices found on amazon. com .
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promoting itself as “earth’s biggest bookstore, ” amazon opened for business in july 1995, using major book distributors and wholesalers to rapidly fill its orders. “the idea of selling books online was a foreign one, it took a while to take off, ” o’keefe said .
indeed, the selection (or lack of selection at amazon books) is one of the most puzzling things about it. for the company that expanded the concept of a bookstore to include every title imaginable available at the click of a mouse, amazon’s experiment in irl - bookselling is an exercise in contraction, with only about 5, 000 titles available .
amazon is currently hiring store managers and sales associates for the outpost, she added .
that store is slated to open this spring, amazon' s spokeswoman said tuesday .
even if amazon does so, independent owners aren’t sure it would be a threat .
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the store is small—about 4, 000 sq ft, compared to barnes & noble’s typical 25, 000. the shelves are tidy, because the books are placed with their covers facing out, meaning the store contains about half of what it could if the books were arranged spines - out—8, 000 titles compared to the 3, 000 it carries, according to the store .
the new bookstore at legacy place mall in dedham, mass. , looks like other bookstores, with rows and rows of novels, a coffee bar, and browsing customers. but the main purpose of the store isn’t to sell books. it’s selling a brand called amazon .
amazon currently operates a network of ambient and cold storage grocery distribution centers across the united states service amazon pantry and amazon. fresh customers orders. this distribution network is unfolding slowly and the list of facilities below is likely incomplete. some of the amazon food - related facilities are shared with other operations such as the sortation center facilities. the buildings listed below are used in part or in whole for amazon. fresh or pantry operations .
but, strangely, the new amazon books in new york city doesn’t do this, either. it has a slim fiction section, clearly chosen based on what people buy in print, not what people like to read more generally. i counted just 13 titles in the romance section, for example, even though romance is the best - selling fiction genre in the us. that’s likely because amazon knows how people behave: romance buyers, while voracious, tend to buy ebooks. so the fiction section has books the human curators, based on analytics, know will sell well in the store. as a result the children’s fiction section is noticeably massive. given limited real estate, this is smart. but it also gives one the sense that when you visit amazon books, you only see what an algorithm has sloppily decided for you .
customers seem less interested in the amazon gadgets strategically but not obtrusively placed throughout the store – aside from the large amazon fire tv screen sitting right in front of the doors .
in addition to its college campus stores and the new seattle bookstore, amazon currently operates pop - up shops in some california malls and amazon device vending machines in some airports .
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amazon’s expansion into brick - and - mortar bookstores likely isn’t due to the money in book sales. the stores also serve as a showroom for amazon devices such as the echo and echo dot and allows amazon to push its prime service by giving members discounted prices .
“people are going to think i’m chicken little, ” says pam cady, the manager of general books at seattle’s 116 - year - old university book store, “but the sky is falling. ”
if you’re at a bookstore and not looking for a unique brand of shade, you’re probably looking for a book. that’s where barnes & noble and urltoken, faceless corporations that nonetheless have the books you want, come in. in particular, this is what urltoken has excelled at, even more so than chain bookstores: getting you the books you want, cheap and hassle - free .
u village’s proximity to the university of washington has added to rumors of amazon’s possible entrance .
at amazon’s bookstore in seattle, signs instruct customers about the pricing discounts prime members receive .
it’s equally interesting to see amazon now merge its prime membership with online and offline benefits .
the $ 13. 7 - billion whole foods deal marks amazon’s biggest foray into groceries .
is amazon is planning a brick - and - mortar bookstore in l. a. ?
figure 8: existing and projected new amazon delivery stations in the united states of america .
figure 14: existing and projected new amazon fulfillment centers and prime now hubs in france .
figure 17: existing and projected new amazon fulfillment centers and prime now hubs in spain .
figure 18: existing and projected new amazon fulfillment centers and returns centers in eastern europe .
and that could also solve the business problem that has long plagued other bookstores: unsold books that gather dust on shelves and get sent back to publishers. more than most book retailers, amazon has deep insight into customer buying habits and can stock its store with titles most likely to move .
the online giant that got its start in books — and has in the past two years opened three brick - and - mortar stores on the west coast — is opening a store in walnut creek .
there are no price tags on the books at amazon’s store, as customers can either scan the book at a kiosk or use amazon’s app to find out how much each product is. but based on a handful of titles i scanned today, the discounts range from 6 percent to upwards of 40 percent. the kiosks clearly show how much you’d save if you were a prime member .
customers in the stores can pay for merchandise with their amazon accounts or credit cards. cash isn’t accepted. amazon prime members will pay the same price as online; non - members will pay full list price, usually 10 to 30 percent more than the amazon prime price .
a tuesday earnings call from a mall operator included its ceo' s analysis on the kinds of brick - and - mortar stores the company expected to see in the marketplace, and it included a staggering guess for one upstart brick - and - mortar retailer: up to 400 amazon books locations .
the store will not be a location to pick up amazon orders. it won’t be a showcase for amazon publishing imprints, whose titles often aren’t picked up by the company’s retail competitors .
roxana mashek stopped at the new amazon book store at utc in la jolla. though she' s a customer of amazon online, she likes the ideal of going into book stores .
jennifer cast, the vice president of amazon books, told business insider in march :
we had an opportunity to create a new kind of store and create a different experience in a physical world. our special sauce is knowing the reading habits and passions of a city through our urltoken data .
we’ve applied amazon’s 20 years of online bookselling experience to build a store that integrates the benefits of offline and online book shopping. our doors opened november 3, 2015 and it is very much still day one. we are looking for entrepreneurial, analytical, creative, flexible leaders to help us make amazon books the world’s most customer - centric bookstore. if you want to join a fast - paced, innovative team that is breaking new ground for amazon, this is the place for you .
the next new location for amazon’s brick - and - mortar program will be berkeley, california .
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it also got in on the tablet market with the amazon fire hd in 2012, and the video and audio streaming marketing in 2014 with the amazon fire tv — both with moderate success .
figure 3: existing and projected new amazon specialty fulfillment centers in the united states of america .
figure 7: existing and projected new amazon outbound sortation centers in the united states of america .
amazon has also announced a strategy to make a move into the grocery industry with home delivery service to be established in major metropolitan markets. amazon fresh is already established in seattle, los angeles and san francisco. the company has been rolling out amazon fresh and amazon pantry to numerous other large metropolitan cities to enable customers to order fresh food and dry grocery merchandise with same day delivery .
innumerable books are divided under various categories like action & adventure, business & economics, comics & mangas, crime, thriller & mystery, fiction, humour, and romance. you can browse by genre when you buy online making it more convenient for you to narrow down your choices. then there are biographies and true accounts bestsellers as well. these books are available in different formats like hardcover, paperback, and board book .
“if amazon can go in lean and mean, they can make it work, ” she said .
“i don' t think amazon even realizes what they have at this point. this is just a test, ” says r. j. hottovy, an amazon analyst with the investment company morningstar .
figure 1: existing and projected new amazon small sortable fulfillment centers in the united states of america .
figure 6: existing and projected new amazon inbound cross dock facilities in the united states of america .
our main purpose is to help people discover great books. it' s that simple ,
she said, adding that it is
certainly great
if customers want to take advantage of prime' s discounted pricing .
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“i’m sure what happened was that someone from the real estate department at amazon was doing some research, and someone said, ‘if we opened a bunch of stores, would you give us some deals? ’” said kathy doyle thomas, executive vice president and chief strategy officer for half price books, the nation’s third - largest bookstore chain .
amazon opened its seattle location last november, and has slowly revealed plans for more stores since. while the company has up until recently done much to undermine physical retail stores, opening its own allows it to sell amazon books and kindles while marketing its other lucrative services .
in these early days, it’s all about learning, rather than trying to earn a lot of revenue ,
said ceo jeff bezos at a shareholders meeting in may .
amazon plans to mix the benefits of online and offline book shopping, with a selection chosen based on customer ratings, pre - order and sales figures, and its employees' assessments. customers can wander the aisles and page through a title before buying, but books face the customer, accompanied by reviews from amazon shoppers, as they would be online. customers can buy in - store or place an order for delivery. amazon devices, such as the kindle e - book reader and fire tablet, are also available for in - store testing .
amazon ceo jeff bezos unveils the kindle fire hd in 2012. (al seib / los angeles times )
figure 4: existing amazon food fulfillment centers and whole foods distribution centers in the united states of america .
figure 15: existing and projected new amazon fulfillment centers, sortation centers and prime now hubs in germany .
figure 16: existing and projected new amazon fulfillment centers, sortation centers and prime now hubs in italy.
amazon books is a chain of retail bookstores owned by online retailer amazon.com . the first store opened on november 2 , 2015 , in seattle , washington . as of 2017 , amazon books has a total of eight stores , with plans to expand to six more locations . 
amazon books is a chain of retail bookstores owned by online retailer amazon.com. the first store opened on november 2, 2015, in seattle, washington. as of 2017, amazon books has a total of eight stores, with plans to expand to six more locations.
amazon books is a chain of retail bookstores owned by online retailer amazon.com. the first store opened on november 2, 2015, in seattle, washington. as of 2017, amazon books has a total of eight stores, with plans to expand to six more locations.