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DATA MINE
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March 17, 1999
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Pricepoint: Book Shopper
The price wars rage
for online booksellers. Only newcomer buy.com beats the stores, though,
on NY Times bestsellers.
| Web site or store |
One
book |
Three books |
| buy.com |
$18.92 |
$44.36 |
| Barnes and Noble store |
20.89 |
58.22 |
| barnesand noble.com |
23.51 |
60.37 |
| amazon.com |
23.52 |
60.39 |
DATA: Business Week comparison 3/13/99
Prices including shipping and handling for Web sites and 6.75%
sales tax for store in Hartsdale, New York
One book was #1, "The Testament" by John Grisham; Three: "The Testament," plus #2 "Southern Cross" by Patricia Cornwell
and #3 "Ransom" by Julie Garwood |
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OTHER NUGGETS
E-Business Dreams
CEOs have big plans for E-business
How Fast Is Fast
Best-of-breed E-commerce sites are growing at up to 100% a month
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