B&N and Specialty Houses

[danforth]

Um.. so .. could a library work with them, and earn some $ to use for their
book buying budget?  Or don't we go that 'commercial' route?

Isabel

At 12:23 PM 6/11/97 -0700, you wrote:
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>Heck, I worked for 'em.  They *are* an electronic mega mass merchant,
>in terms of volume, selection, and company culture.  (I found it a
>distinctly unpleasant place to work, and it's earning a nasty
>reputation in Seattle's techie community.  But that's neither 
>here nor there.)
>
>Amazon is most definitely concerned with exploiting niche markets --
>that's part of what their "Amazon Associates" program is all about.
>Essentially, if you sign up for the Associates program, you hand-sell
>the books on your website and let Amazon handle the ordering, shipping,
>and so on; you then get a 'referral fee' of 5-15%.  Thus, they benefit
>from your expertise, and you don't have to pack books all day.
>It's pretty canny.
>
>
>Cameron Parish              
>cameron at serv.net
>http://www.serv.net/~cameron/ 
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