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Originally Posted by Pajamaman
I never said they did. I said they didn't have the advantage of being an online retailer.
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But they were an online retailer going back to the turn of the century.
They sold ebooks and ereaders before Amazon, going back to the Rocket Book era. And they had an extensive logistics system long before Amazon even got into business so I'm not sure what intrinsic advantage Amazon might have had from being online-only.
Now, if we were talking Borders, who farmed out their online business to Amazon until it was too late, then yes, Amazon had an advantage. But B&N was actually doing fine both at B&M and online until 2010. That's when they started shooting at their own boots. Sometimes while wearing them.