Amazon Director Saves Bookstore From Amazon
from the win-some-you-lose-some dept
theodp writes “Billionaire Amazon Director John Doerr is listed among those who contributed $25,000 or more to reopen Kepler’s Books and Magazines in his hometown of Menlo Park, CA. Citing a loss of sales to the chains and Amazon.com, Kepler’s went out of business in August.” Of course, it’s a little silly to suggest one has to be against the other. For example, I shop at both Amazon and Kepler’s at times. They serve different purposes.
Comments on “Amazon Director Saves Bookstore From Amazon”
the little guy's say
once again, support the little guy. You’ll be happy they are around.
We can’t seem to all agree that a Wal-Mart supplanting every grocery, hardware store, tire lube express, etc. in everytown USA is a good thing.
Support the little businesses. They will invariably have something that the Big Dogs will not, and probably cannot sell/find. Not to mention that little shops have ‘fan’ workers; sort of like my local bicycle shops. Bike riders, arguably, aren’t great salesmen, but they can make the sale when the buyer knows squat about how to buy a quality bike.
examples duly noted…