Amazon boldly goes where no internet bookseller has gone before: the real world

The e-commerce behemoth that put chain bookstores out of business has seemingly ripped a page from their playbook with the opening of its first physical shop, in Seattle. But are the locals buying it?It took Amazon.com to get Kirsten Davenport back into a bookshop.“It has been a long time. Years. I couldn’t even tell you where a bookstore is,” the healthcare manager said. “That’s so awful.” Continue reading...