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Politics : Ask Michael Burke -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: SeaViewer who wrote (42133)	1/4/1999 6:27:00 PM
From: upanddown	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 132070

I am wondering how the book-stores can make money. Good question, Jeff. I think the simple answer is that they will never make a dime. Hell, there will probably be a dozen new book-selling sites every month with constant price undercutting to get higher up on the price comparison lists. Barnes and Noble is already going a penny less than Amazon on best-sellers like "A Man in Full". I don't think anyone is going to make diddly on mass-market items like books and music. Few barriers to entry and the competition will be ferocious. I have a question about buying books on-line. Each book lists a rip-off amount for S&H. If you buy a bunch of books, do you pay that separate amount for each book ? If so, maybe that is where they will find their fat profits. Kinda like coffee being the highest-margin item on a restaurant menu.<g> John