Amazon Quote by George Packer Download Open image “It seems preposterous now, but Amazon began as a bookstore.” — George Packer ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.2 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Amazon Began Bookstore Bookstores Now Seems
To many book professionals, Amazon is a ruthless predator. The company claims to want a more literate world - and it came along when… — George Packer Copy Share Image
There's a whole line of critique about Amazon that's culture-based, about how they're wrecking the experience of bookstores. I personally am less focused on… — Lina Khan Copy Share Image
Booksellers initially thought of Amazon as their best friend. They were coming in, and they were challenging Barnes and Noble, and Borders, which were… — Franklin Foer Copy Share Image
Amazon is increasingly dominating online commerce. People are starting their searches there, which of course threatens Google because it takes away some of the… — Tim O'Reilly Copy Share Image
Barnes & Noble, along with other independent bookstores, are refusing to stock Amazon Publishing titles. They'll order books from the online retail giant if… — Andrew Shaffer Copy Share Image
Somewhat sadly, the survival of many bookstores now depends on selling merchandise other than books. — Julia Glass Copy Share Image
The issue is that my book, and so many others, are not available for pre-order from Amazon. I hadn't realized how much that mattered… — Edan Lepucki Copy Share Image
Amazon has massively - and I'm trying not to use this particular word, but I can't not use it here - disrupted the business… — Lina Khan Copy Share Image
Amazon can't be all good or all bad. I don't think that everything they do is evil; they've given a lot of authors access. — Scott Turow Copy Share Image
I'm just going to write whatever I'm going to write, and whatever shelf or section they end up on at the bookstore is just… — Mary H.K. Choi Copy Share Image
And I still buy books at B&N, Borders and Elliot Bay ... I probably shouldn't admit this. But I don't care. I love great… — Jeff Bezos Copy Share Image
I don't think they need to be nice to reporters, but the White House seems to imagine that releasing information is like a tap… — George Packer Copy Share Image
So many writers grew up in tortured isolation, in revolt against their families. I and my sister were in a house where writing was… — George Packer Copy Share Image
Afghanistan can't police its borders, and its neighbors give sanctuary and assistance to insurgents. — George Packer Copy Share Image
Hillary Clinton's such a classic Democratic political figure and believes so much in institutions and in gradualism in the old way of reaching compromises… — George Packer Copy Share Image
“In other words, Foxx represented what Sarah Palin (speaking at a campaign fundraiser in Greensboro three weeks before the election) called “the real America,”… — George Packer Copy Share Image
America's vast population of working poor can only get so poor before even Walmart is out of reach. — George Packer Copy Share Image
'The Assassins' Gate' is a very tightly controlled story of the ideas that led to the war and the consequences of those ideas in… — George Packer Copy Share Image
Amazon's identity and goals are never clear and always fluid, which makes the company destabilizing and intimidating. — George Packer Copy Share Image
Ideology knows the answer before the question has been asked. Principles are something different: a set of values that have to be adapted to… — George Packer Copy Share Image
Everything seems set up for success in digital journalism - money, eyeballs, software, brands. — George Packer Copy Share Image
Climate change joined immigration, job creation, food safety, pilot training, veterans' care, campaign finance, transportation security, labor law, mine safety, wildfire management, and scores… — George Packer Copy Share Image
“A responsible woman doesn’t see opportunities and needs and look the other way pretending not to see them rather she gets to work to… — Agu Jaachynma N.E Copy Share Image
“ Programs has a temporary results leading to nothingness, and the Gospel the brings the result of Eternal life.” — Tommie Scott Copy Share Image
The digital revolution is forever. They put importance on that option as well. With Amazon, you're getting the best of both worlds, with a… — Nicolas Winding Refn Copy Share Image
The next time you're looking at a charity, don't ask about the rate of their overhead; ask about the scale of their dreams -… — Dan Pallotta Copy Share Image
“Sure we do," said Theo, swatting at a branch. "We get to the spring, Alia gets cured. We argue over the best choice for… — Leigh Bardugo Copy Share Image
Alternative services would mean that there would be services available to compete with Google, Facebook, Amazon, Dropbox, Skype, etc., and they would be run… — Mikko Hypponen Copy Share Image
We got latched together and I was hoping you could separate us? (Amanda) They were made by your stepfather. Any chance you have a… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
“Until you win, you will always think nothing is changing at all.” — Zinny Ekechukwu Copy Share Image
“Sometimes your dream is so special that... you can't kill it. You can't die even if you try. Life will find a way to… — Haidji Copy Share Image
“. . . I can see how the issue of exercising corporate control over users content is truly enraging here, on a site significantly… — G.R. Reader Copy Share Image
