Jeff Bezos named his company after the longest and largest river in the world. So it's appropriate that the past week has shown just how influential Amazon has become in both the online and offline retail spaces, as competitors and the Seattle-based e-commerce giant threw a series of punches and counter-punches.
Try to keep up with the opponents' jabs :
- On Friday, real-world retail behemoth Wal-Mart announced price cuts to as low as US$10, and free shipping, for some forthcoming titles by Sarah Palin, John Grisham and Stephen King when pre-ordered on its Web site. The retailer is also cutting prices on books now available in its stores as Wal-Mart attempts a combined bricks-and-mortar/online attack on Amazon's bookselling dominance.
- Google announced that next year it will offer Google Editions, the search company's strategy for online bookstores that will enable consumers to read e-books on any device with a Web browser.
- Earlier in the week, Gizmodo posted some leaked images of what may be a Barnes & Noble-branded e-reader with touchscreen capabilities. The photos spread throughout the blogosphere, with some headlines actually employing the phrase "Kindle-killer."
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