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Old 03-20-2011, 04:52 PM   #29
Feylamia
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Originally Posted by CommonReader View Post
I doubt it. As for now Amazon isn't nearly as big a player in the German book market as it is in the US and I hope it stays that way. Most people have a bookshop in their vicinity that can obtain books for the same price as Amazon overnight. It would be a pity to lose that bookshop culture.
amazon is quite a big player though (in 2007, more than half the books bought online were bought from them (source) and online sales have increased a LOT since then) and I know a lot of people who would rather order books online than buy them in a shop because it's easier that way.
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