by Dan Moren
Amazon opening its first physical bookstore
The Verge brings the latest report from the we-all-become-the-thing-we-kill department:
Amazon got its start as an online bookseller, and now – over 20 years later – it’s decided to sell books the old-fashioned way. On Tuesday, Amazon will open a store in Seattle called Amazon Books. Not only is it one of Amazon’s first physical locations, but it’s also Amazon’s first physical bookstore. Amazon says that it won’t entirely be doing things like a traditional store, however; it’ll be relying on Amazon.com data – including customer ratings, sales totals, and Goodread’s popularity – to decide which books to stock. Curators will have some say, too.
Can’t wait for Apple to start renting DVDs at the Apple Store. Any day now.