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fjtorres · 11-04-2015, 06:38 AM

Espresso is a way to get books into a store fast without having to stock them.
Amazon has their fullfilment centers, some (many?) of which also house CreateSpace POD facilities. And they've been using the marketplace vans to move packages for same day delivery. Plus, they're Amazon. They have the books on hand or can get them there real fast.

So instead of "print while you wait" they can offer same day delivery, often before you get home. Maybe even free to the bookstore walk-ins.

They have this vast logistics network and all the backend infrastructure already in place that *if* this pilot operation succeeds they can go national within months. At the very least, everwhere they're doing same day delivery.

11-04-2015, 06:38 AM	#22
fjtorres Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,732 Karma: 128354696 Join Date: May 2009 Location: 26 kly from Sgr A* Device: T100TA,PW2,PRS-T1,KT,FireHD 8.9,K2, PB360,BeBook One,Axim51v,TC1000	Espresso is a way to get books into a store fast without having to stock them. Amazon has their fullfilment centers, some (many?) of which also house CreateSpace POD facilities. And they've been using the marketplace vans to move packages for same day delivery. Plus, they're Amazon. They have the books on hand or can get them there real fast. So instead of "print while you wait" they can offer same day delivery, often before you get home. Maybe even free to the bookstore walk-ins. They have this vast logistics network and all the backend infrastructure already in place that if this pilot operation succeeds they can go national within months. At the very least, everwhere they're doing same day delivery. Last edited by fjtorres; 11-04-2015 at 06:42 AM.