06-30-2018, 04:21 AM | #1 |
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question about Amazon Rising ?
I just finished watching this CNBC show--nothing new. Warehouses are sweatshops (that pay $12.50 per hour), and Amazon has ruined the book industry. The part about books was especially light on facts, and accused Amazon of running everyone else out of business. Of course B&N and Target and Walmart didn't have a thing to do with it. But apparently King, Rowling and Patterson all hate Amazon. Kind of interesting, just to see the inside of the Amazon warehouses, but not worth an hour (or 45 min after you ff through the commercials).
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06-30-2018, 08:24 AM | #2 |
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Sorry, but it is my belief that when one company can "destroy" an entire industry, then that industry was built on a VERY shaky foundation. If an entire industry can't adapt to a single company that has found a niche that industry isn't exploiting, then that industry has incompetent leadership.
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I wonder how many sales King, Rowling and Patterson have through Amazon? |
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I don't know how they can say the industry has been ruined. From my perspective as a consumer, the book industry has never been better. Maybe there's more dreck to wade through, but the reward is finding more delightful new books and series to enjoy.
I only hope that the authors I like are well rewarded and keep turning out more excellent material. BPH look like a troup of dinosaurs standing in the way of progress. |
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Look at what happened to Sears (Roebuck).
The had the Catalog (mail order) sales top spot. They had some of the best quality tools and appliances (some standard brands modified their designs to fit Sears requirements before attaching the Sears branding. Sears had engineers look over the product design and suggest demand, changes) (Montgomery)Wards stomped them on Phone Catalog orders with the use of technology. No need to detail every aspect of an order. Returning user: Auto filled in (they asked for confirmation on shipping details). Catalog number: They confirmed with the details, asked if color or size. Sears:every last thing had to be said and confirmed on a phone order. Sears HAD the product, Warehouses and distribution, including 'Pickup points' They had their heads buried and a death grip on the 'old ways' Same goes for A T&T , nickel and dimeing for any of the bells and whistles or forcing purchase of bloated 'packages' that are standard with other carriers (disclosure: Ducks is a share holder). I finally switched to a Local carrier that provides wired line service (with DSL) for 2x what Ma Bell wanted for just LOCAL calling. (No VM, CID or long distance Toll calling) Ducks is not a heavy phone user, but CID and extended calling is a modern, basic usage. Amazon (and my ISP) offer what the user wants, and at a fair price. They don't play 'used car salesman' with their customers |
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Amazon didn't hurt the print book industry nearly as much as Gutenberg hurt the scribes copying books by hand. Thank you Gutenberg. Thank you Amazon.
i just did a little searching for charts showing the growth of books before and after Amazon and i didn't find a lot that was helpful. My limited knowledge of the industry might be part of the reason I didn't. However I did find a chart showing that the number of new books each year has risen dramatically since Amazon. I think it's probably a safe bet that that also represents a decline in quality but I still think it's a good thing. I've read quite a few self published books and while some weren't very good a few were very good. I think the book industry is probably pretty healthy from a reader's point of view. It's obviously going through a lot of changes and that's bound to make some people unhappy. I'm personally thrilled. Right now reading is easier, better and cheaper than it's ever been in my 77 years. And it just keeps getting better. Barry |
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How is that a bad thing for the employee? How does that make Amazon 'bad'? You are implying both of those things.
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Personally, my employers over the years have paid for quite a few computer and network related courses which have made me a more valuable employee (IMNSHO). The disadvantage is that this training had also made me more subject to headhunting by companies that prefer to hire their peons fully trained. I've talked to several companies that wanted to hire me but were not willing to continue investing in my ongoing training -- the type of idiots that don't realize that most skill sets, especially those involved in technical fields, are on a Red Queen's racetrack where you are running like hell just to stay even. You may have a bowlful of alphabet soup worth of degrees and certifications after your name on a business card but if you don't keep your skills up to date, they are get pretty useless. |
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Way back when, Google was famous for giving employees one day a week for their personal projects. This lead to quite a few products for google (google mail and google groups both started out as personal projects) and helped them keep top talent people who wanted to work on cool things. Of course, they dropped that some years ago which may be why Google hasn't done much innovation in recent years. When a company starts to be focused on next quarter's bottom line, this sort of thing tends to go away. |
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