September 9, 2010

Retail addiction alert

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With its discounts of as much as 50% and free shipping to anywhere in the world, the Book Depository has been the only large online retailer willing to go toe-to-toe with Amazon.com. What’s more, they’ve managed to remain on friendly terms with publishers while doing so. Now, there’s another reason to visit their site: the Book Depository Live. Yes, it’s a map of the world showing you, in live time, the location of each new purchaser of a book on the site. Warning: it’s addictive.

Dennis Johnson is the founder of MobyLives, and the co-founder and co-publisher of Melville House.

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