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I think something like Apple's Cover Flow with search capabilities would work a lot better, maybe offer a See Inside option with best sellers.
View ArticleWorking backwards
Focusing on booksellers, the online retailers have a chance to vastly improve the hunt for gems over brick and mortar. Right now, you can't even judge them by their covers-- just the spines. But if the...
View ArticleBricks and mortars...
There's a bit more to the site than Flash. They can't out-Amazon in the pure web space, no. But they do have one thing that Amazon doesn't and that's a bricks-and-mortar presence. You'll notice that,...
View ArticleAmazon's Features
I have to question how much value a "shelf" system adds to Amazon's already-existing feature set. For example, Amazon's recommendation system and the "Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought"...
View ArticleFirst Sentence
The first sentence of my post (above) should read: I have to question how much value Borders's "shelf" system adds in comparison to Amazon's already-existing feature set.
View Articlesomeone at Borders doesn't understand books very well
I get the impression that the key people that made Borders unique are no longer there. They've had a few layoffs & just suffered another round. Anything they do to Online to help turn the company...
View ArticleHuh?
I went to the site and it looks like an entirely normal site. You can browse by title or genre and on each page it shows you a thumbnail view of the cover of each book in the section. You can delve...
View ArticleBorder's new website doesn't work
I tried to buy a book at the new Border's website today but checking out failed. When I tried to check out, I received the error: "We're sorry. This feature is temporarily unavailable. Please try again...
View ArticleArticle 3
While I think this is a worthwhile endeavor, part of me would like to see it fail. Wouldn't it be nice to reinforce the need brick-and-mortar bookstores in the Amazon age? That being said, I think that...
View ArticleBut who's going to fix Border's horrible prices?
So I created an account on Border's website and rated a book as I wanted to check out how well their virtual bookshelf would recommend books to me, bizarrely nothing happened even though I added my...
View ArticleAgreed - who cares about the site's interface if prices SUCK
Why pay list price for ANYTHING if Amazon offers the same product at 30% to 40% cheaper? Seriously. THAT is why Amazon rules the online shopping world, and why late comers like Borders are going to get...
View ArticleBorder's search is lame
Try "cognitive therapy trader" on Border's and then try on Amazon. The former doesn't return the right book in the first page of results (I didn't dig further... few would). The latter returns the...
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