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To: The Band Leader who wrote (89)	5/15/1998 3:41:00 PM
From: Candle stick	Respond to of 182

Another great post from the MF about shopping robots online: Subject: Re: About the shopping robots...... Author: Trick Date: 5/15/98 3:09:40 PM (ET) I'm investigating the use of 'bots to beat the price of our university bookstore on texts I use in my classes. I compared two books for next fall, purchasing 25 copies and it took about 30 seconds for each search. Buying at a store besides AMZN saved the students a total of $1175 for the first book, and $500 on the second. The AMZN price is the same as the bookstore would charge, so this represents no savings. Buying from stores other than AMZN does provide substantial savings. I'm waiting to learn if the cheapest stores can really deliver. Rick

To: The Band Leader who wrote (89)	5/27/1998 1:47:00 PM
From: Candle stick	Respond to of 182

barnesandnoble.com Strengthens Management Team With Four Additions an excerpt: "Melissa Lake Roberson also has extensive online and publishing experience. Most recently, she served as a consultant to Amazon.com, where she helped design the editorial sections of this bookselling site. Previously, at Simon & Schuster, she helped plan and organize the launch of SimonSays.com, the company's public Web site. Roberson has also held positions at MCI/News Corp. Internet Ventures and the Prodigy Services Company. She has received numerous awards for her original and creative online work. As vice president and executive editor at barnesandnoble.com, she will be responsible for the site's day-to-day editorial operations, its interactive author chats and online community, subject area merchandising and creative strategy." biz.yahoo.com and this, barnesandnoble.com Announces a New Web Site With Enhanced Functionality and New Offerings for Improved Online Shopping Online Bookseller Introduces Express Lane(SM) One Click Ordering biz.yahoo.com