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My 2.5 Star Trip to Amazon's New Bookstore

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Re: My 2.5 Star Trip to Amazon's New Bookstore

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Post by reddiric »

aaronbrethorst wrote: post #2

I think there's plenty to criticize about Amazon Books, but this review misses the mark. Three stars. 1. The shopping mall is named University Village due to its proximity to the University of Washington. 2. This is how emails from recruiters on LinkedIn always work. There's nothing new here. Cady received LinkedIn messages and an email. It was very personal in tone, but ended with a simple choice: a button to indica…

4. Also missed two other Starbucks in University Village, including one of the busiest in the world.

Re: My 2.5 Star Trip to Amazon's New Bookstore

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Post by ChuckMcM »

mmanfrin wrote: post #4

Article is trying too hard to be clever by half. I did not use the phrase Day One, but wondered whether the staff, including presumably Walkie Talkie, had taken a moment before opening that morning to reflect on Amazon’s jargon, including that bit of eschatology. There is a desk labelled Amazon Answers. Presumably the questions asked of Amazon are answered by a human employee of the store, though it’s unclear if some…

The style bothered me as well, I could not tell if the was unconsciously projecting all of their internal conflict into the situation or if they were trying to write at a snark level that would be above the comprehension of some but not all readers. Either way it seemed the author was conflicted deeply about what they were trying to write (or perhaps not write)

Re: My 2.5 Star Trip to Amazon's New Bookstore

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Post by n7c3c1 »

seibelj wrote: post #13

What a pompous, ridiculous article. I feel like the author was smelling his or her own farts the entire time they were writing this

The anti-Amazon, anti-tech circlejerk is so strong right now in Seattle, especially by locals[1]. Search /r/seattle for "amazon" and behold.

[1]locals is a loosely defined term for anyone who was actually raised here (like myself) or who just happened to move here from Portland, SF, LA, or NY before about 2010

Re: My 2.5 Star Trip to Amazon's New Bookstore

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Post by gyardley »

williamstein wrote: post #5

I went there the day they opened and was blown away. 10x better than any bookstore I've ever been in before. I loved it.

Strange. I went yesterday (had to do something while I waited for dumplings) and thought it was just an ordinary bookstore. What grabbed you so much that I missed?

Re: My 2.5 Star Trip to Amazon's New Bookstore

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Post by binarycrusader »

williamstein wrote: post #5

I went there the day they opened and was blown away. 10x better than any bookstore I've ever been in before. I loved it.

Better than Powell's City of Books in portland?

http://www.powells.com/locations/powells-city-of-books

I'd find that hard to believe.

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