Physical Amazon Bookshop To Open Its Doors In Seattle This November
Online retail giant Amazon is opening a brick and mortar bookshop in Seattle, calling it a "physical extension" of its business. While the move will most probably be welcomed by consumers, rival bookseller Waterstones is not impressed and says it hopes the venture "falls flat on its face".
The Amazon store will stock Amazon.coms most popular books, priced the same as the website offerings. Blurring the line between online and offline even further, customers will also be able to tryout Amazon's devices, including the Fire TV and Kindle.
Jennifer Cast, Amazon Books vice-president, says the online giant will open its "real, wooden doors" on November 3 at the Seattle University Village.
"Amazon Books is a physical extension of Amazon.com. We've applied 20 years of online bookselling experie...