A second Amazon brick-and-mortar bookstore is coming -- to San Diego

Amazon's second brick-and-mortar bookstore will open in San Diego this summer, the San Diego Union-Tribune reports. The final sign of the bookstore was just that — a sign. Signage over construction in the University Towne Center Mall in San Diego reads, "Coming this summer — Amazon books." Last... Continue reading at 'Los Angeles Times'

[ Los Angeles Times | 2016-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A New York bookfluencer launches her first bricks-and-mortar shop ... in L.A.

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Online Sales Stall at Amazon, More Layoffs Coming

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Amazon's Kindle Paperwhite now comes in two new colors

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How brick-and-mortar retail stores are the digital media channel of the future

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Manga Sales Up, Exhibitors Down at San Diego Comic-Con

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San Diego Comic-Con Returns with Smaller Crowds, Big Smiles

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Amazon to close Kindle bookstore in China, halt device sale

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Amazon to Close All Bookstores

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Amazon is closing its physical bookstores and 4-star shops in the Bay Area and beyond

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A Bookstore Trolls Amazon With Reworked Holiday Songs and ‘Dystopian’ Window Displays

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