Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Technology Stocks : Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Bill Harmond who wrote (57339)	5/19/1999 8:56:00 AM
From: Glenn D. Rudolph	Respond to of 164684

Peter, that can't be. William, I hate to agree with you:-) I would thing by definition, it can't be. Glenn

To: Bill Harmond who wrote (57339)	5/19/1999 9:42:00 AM
From: Peter Bernhardt	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 164684

Peter, that can't be. The article, which appeared in Tuesday's San Francisco Examiner, stated that "In the case of barnesandnoble.com, bestsellers account for only 3 percent of its sales." As you pointed out that this price war might hurt store sales, I suppose you can make the argument that this price war will hurt B&N's store sales. Maybe so. But the real losers in this are independent off-line booksellers who can't afford to operate at a loss, as Amazon.com and (to a lesser extent) Barnes & Noble appear prepared to do. And why not, some cynics might argue, when the money Amazon is losing is not their own but that of their investors and creditors. - Peter B