New Chapter In The Tale Of The Booksellers
from the never-get-into-a-price-war-online dept
Generally speaking, it seems unwise to get into a price war online when it comes to products that are identical. Amazon.com has done a good job over the years selling the entire "experience" of buying from Amazon, such that some book buyers (clearly, not all) feel more comfortable buying there, even if it isn't the lowest price. Now, Overstock.com (a former Amazon.com partner) has decided to compete directly with Amazon.com in the book category by promising that they'll undercut Amazon's prices by 20% (though, they don't offer free shipping). Overstock is becoming increasingly aggessive in the e-commerce world as I guess they've realized that the supply of leftover products from out-of-business dot coms was drying up.
Thank you for reading this Techdirt post. With so many things competing for everyone’s attention these days, we really appreciate you giving us your time. We work hard every day to put quality content out there for our community.
Techdirt is one of the few remaining truly independent media outlets. We do not have a giant corporation behind us, and we rely heavily on our community to support us, in an age when advertisers are increasingly uninterested in sponsoring small, independent sites — especially a site like ours that is unwilling to pull punches in its reporting and analysis.
While other websites have resorted to paywalls, registration requirements, and increasingly annoying/intrusive advertising, we have always kept Techdirt open and available to anyone. But in order to continue doing so, we need your support. We offer a variety of ways for our readers to support us, from direct donations to special subscriptions and cool merchandise — and every little bit helps. Thank you.
–The Techdirt Team
