Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/02/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]My downfall is all of the e-mail recommendations that Amazon sends me every day. They are tailored to my taste based on books I have already purchased. They have it down to a science and know exactly which ones I'm not going to be able to resist. Tom says Amazon would go bankrupt if I quit ordering books. I get one almost every day - some paper, some electronic. Tina On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 12:17 PM, J. Newell <john.o.newell at comcast.net>wrote: > I think the issue is not so much that paper books are going away (not > yet?), but that the brick & mortar distribution channel is in danger of > going away. We will be reduced to buying through e-tailers if that happens. > One thing I know, speaking for myself - I will wind up buying fewer books. > The percentage of book purchases I make that are attributable to picking up > a display copy in the local Borders store is very high. YMMV, however. > > John Newell > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- Tina Manley, ASMP www.tinamanley.com