Giving Away Books for Free
from the competition-heating-up dept
Bol.com (Books On Line) today decided to have a special promotion to compete with Amazon and BarnesandNoble who are giving away cheap books: they gave away books for free for two hours today. Of course, it apparently knocked out the server. Sounds similar to when 800.com was giving away DVDs for a dollar last year (which explains my DVD collection, despite the fact I have no player).
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