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Originally Posted by FrustratedReader
When is their monopoly building going to be stopped?
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Five years *after* they become a *real* monopoly? 50% of Pbooks or 5% of US retail is a long way from monopoly, myths aside.
So, don't hold your breath. Besides, Amazon is expanding horizontally, not vertically, anyway. There's more money in other, new, businesses than scrounging for more nickles selling pbooks.
Like this:
https://www.theverge.com/2019/4/4/18...pacex-starlink
As for the warehouses, don't fret: as soon as they're done automating the warehouses, nobody will need to work in their new dark warhouses. That's what they bought KIVA for.
http://www.dcvelocity.com/articles/2...the-warehouse/
Books are a trivial part of their business and it's not their fault they've been gifted with sigularly incompetent competitors in that space.
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/...ht-amazon.html
In their other business they deal with competent opponents like Microsoft Azure, Google Assistant, WalMart, etc.
As for B&N, there is some hope:
https://www.theguardian.com/books/20...rned-to-profit
https://www.theguardian.com/books/sh...e_iOSApp_Other
B&N might still have a second chapter if Daunt makes the right moves.