Online bookstore

• amazon.com: Amazon, one of the largest and most popular online book sites, also sells a broad range of products across multiple categories to a worldwide audience. The hallmarks of their business are service, convenience, and a laser-like customer-centric focus. In addition to revenue sharing arrangements, they offer third-party partners expertise and co-sourcing in e-commerce, customer service, and technology.
• www.barnesandnoble.com: From its vast warehouse links, B&N supplies more than 1 million titles for immediate delivery – more than any other online bookseller. B&N considers itself a premier destination for books, music, DVDs, Audiobooks, and offers a Meet the Writers program, B&N Jr., specializing in children’s books, videos and music, and a music store with downloadable clips.
• www.powells.com: A family-owned, Portland-based bookstore chain with significant community involvement, Powells was the first to popularize the combination of new and used, hardcover and paperbacks under one roof. They create reader-centered, destination bookstore environments, and were among the earliest to establish online bookselling.