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To: H James Morris who wrote (19969)	10/5/1998 1:05:00 AM
From: Gordon A. Langston	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164684

Has anyone heard the Amazon commercials that have them looking for storage facilities for their millions of books (one I believe was the Astrodome, who turned them down)? Initially I thought these ads were merely meant to tout the size of their "inventory" My question is if anyone knows is how strongly are they pursuing their own distribution sites ? Gordon Langston

To: H James Morris who wrote (19969)	10/5/1998 7:37:00 AM
From: Glenn D. Rudolph	Respond to of 164684

Lenk, in other words, aims to emulate Amazon.com, which Jeff Bezos launched in 1995 when Internet commerce was still embryonic. Amazon.com, of course, is the phenomenally successful on-line bookseller that generates revenues of more than $460 million a year. (See "Amazon.com: a moving target," below.) The model that Bezos developed--a Web site where customers could search among millions of items, order on-line, pay by credit card, and receive delivery in just a few days--is widely accepted as an explosive force in worldwide commerce. Successful??? Been through this. I never thought impending bankruptcy was considered successful. Maybe in some circles<G> Glenn