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Online vs. Brick-and-Mortar War! Why You Can No Longer Buy Amazon’s Kindle at Target
Target started selling Amazon’s line of Kindle e-readers two years ago. Head over to Target.com now, though, and you’ll discover a wide assortment of e-readers, but not a single Amazon Kindle for sale. Kindles are being taken off …
Amazon-Sized Daily Deal: $5 for $10 Amazon Gift Card, from AmazonLocal
On Tuesday, March 20, the daily deal space will be buzzing with a special offer from Amazon‘s surging flash sale site, AmazonLocal. A $10 Amazon gift card can be yours for the sum of just $5.
Amazon Said to Be Opening Its First Brick-and-Mortar Store
It looks as if Amazon, which seemed like it would never set foot outside of the digital world, will open its own brick-and-mortar store later this year.
Amazon Shares Plunge After Results Disappoint Wall Street
Online e-commerce giant Amazon continues to grow rapidly, but the company’s increasing expenses are taking a bite out of its profit. On Tuesday, the company reported fourth-quarter earnings results that missed Wall Street …
Now There’s Even More Reason to Distrust Online Reviews
The latest sham doesn’t exactly pay customers to write up positive online reviews of products. But it’s more than a little sketchy when a company offers to reimburse people for their purchases if they post a review on Amazon.
Books — The Paper Kind — Make a Comeback This Holiday Season
Bookstores seem to be doing surprisingly well this year, but those sales might not be sustainable.
Amazon Prime Loses $11 Annually Per Member … And It’s a Huge Success
Membership in Amazon Prime—the online retail giant’s packaged service that includes free two-day shipping on all orders, free streaming of online movies and TV shows, and one free Kindle book to borrow monthly—costs $79 a …
Holiday Price Wars: Hot Market for e-Readers Under $100, Tablets Under $200
If there’s one thing that the mad rush on $99 HP TouchPad tablets proved in late summer, it’s that there are plenty of price-sensitive consumers in the marketplace. They’ll bite on tablets and e-readers, but only if the price is …
10 Things That Are Actually Getting Cheaper
We live in a time when the costs of things like gas and gold have soared, just as a laundry list of everyday expenses such as coffee, rent, health care, used cars, and bacon are approaching or have already reached all-time high …
How Much Will Students Really Save Using Amazon’s E-Textbooks?
It’s a very frustrating part of the college experience. You pay more than $100 for a textbook, haul it home and then never open it. You turn it in at the end of the semester and get a pittance back. Heck, even if you read the …
5 Reasons Borders Went Out of Business (and What Will Take Its Place)
Forty years ago, when Borders opened its first store in Ann Arbor, Michigan, the book industry was a different place. But for years, Borders acted like it wasn’t, culminating in the announcement this week that it would …
