Amazon Opens First Bricks and Mortar Bookstore - Publishers' Weekly

Amazon's dead tree books?

Panzer was shaken awake from his nap by shouting and clapping. Jumping into the Panzermobile, our yawning kitty found his way to the Publishers' Weekly site.

According to a post there by Judith Rosen, Amazon now has a bricks and mortar bookstore in Seattle, Washington. The store is 5,500 square feet located in the U-Village Mall. The store will sell books chosen from those at Amazon.com, Goodreads favorites, and Amazon staff members favorites. The store will also sell Kindles and other Amazon devices.

Panzer says, "The store is named ... Amazon Books! Pretty ingenious, huh?"

Note: There's a link in the post to an article about Amazon's new store in The Seattle Times newspaper.

To read the post, tootle over to Amazon bookstore

Amazon Sued Again

Not again!?!?

According to the Seattle Times newspaper Amazon is being sued in a class action suit by the small merchants who use the site. It seems Amazon keeps the payments due to some merchants longer than the 90 days specified in the online contract. It also appears the 90 days in the contract may be against the law in Washington state where Amazon is headquartered.

Panzer asks, "Can indie authors and publishers be far behind in filing suit too?"

At the Seattle Times website read Amazon Sellers Suit.