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I wonder if Amazon will really let B&N go under. As soon as they go out of business Amazon is the only place to buy books. People already call them a monopoly, correct or not, and if B&N goes away that'll increase mightily.
Anybody remember when Apple was about to go under and Microsoft made a very large cash investment in them, probably with that same issue in mind. That saved Apple and it probably was as important to the welfare of Microsoft.
I wouldn't be at all surprised to hear that Amazon was investing in B&N. They need competition. More important, we need them to have competition. While I've been the victim of B&N's poor service a couple of times, and while I live in a small town decades of miles from a B&N store, I'd really hate to see them go away. They're pretty important to us. And to Amazon. And I'd be surprised if Amazon doesn't think so too.
Barry
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