Amazon is indeed opening a 5,500-square-foot bookstore, carrying a modest 5,000 to 6,000 titles — all face out — in Seattle’s University Village on Tuesday, with 15 employees under the direction of Amazon Books vp Jennifer Cast. Store stocking is based on “data with heart,” she tells the Seattle Times. “We’re taking the data we have and we’re creating physical places with it.” That data includes such categories as top pre-orders and “most wished for cookbooks.” And “below each book on the shelf is a card with either a review or a rating from the site.” The staff favorites selection begins with […]
