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Buy.com Starts Price War With Amazon.com; Offers All Books at 10 Percent Below Amazon's Price -- Over One Million Catalog Titles --.


Business Editors/Internet & Retail Writers

Buy.com, Inc., The Internet Superstore(TM), today announced that it will offer all of its book titles at 10% below Amazon.com's prices, effective immediately. The announcement is a part of Buy.com's aggressive strategy to win Amazon's customers and capture greater market share in online book sales.

Buy.com has been selling books since 1998 and currently features a catalog of over 1 million book titles in a variety of categories, including New York New York, state, United States
New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of
 Times Bestseller titles currently offered at 50% off list price.

"It's a bold move to specifically target the Amazon customer base," said Robert Price Robert Price may refer to:
  • Robert M. Price (born 1954), American theologian and author
  • Bob Price (Texas politician) (1927 – 2004), member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas
, president and chief financial officer of Buy.com. "It has the potential to increase Buy.com's book sales, and introduce new shoppers to low prices, free shipping site-wide and huge selection."

Buy.com's bookstore features the following sections:

Top 25 -- overall top 25 best sellers, plus top titles in computer, business and children's categories

New & Upcoming -- new releases that are hot off the presses.

Specialty Stores Noun 1. specialty store - a store that sells only one kind of merchandise
shop, store - a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services; "he bought it at a shop on Cape Cod"
 -- including Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Stephen King <noinclude></noinclude>

For other people named Stephen King, see Stephen King (disambiguation).


Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author of over 200 stories including over 50 bestselling horror and
, National Geographic, and more.

Oprah -- complete library of Oprah Book Club selections.

"Buy.com is best known for its computer and electronics selection, but what many customers might not realize is that we are a strong destination for books as well," said Buy.com founder Scott Blum. "We want consumers to know where the real value is in online book purchases, and enjoy all of the other Buy.com advantages: lower prices, better customer service and better selection."

All Buy.com books ship free following last week's announcement that the Internet Superstore is now offering free shipping site-wide with no minimum purchase required. Through July 15, 2002, shoppers are also eligible to enter Buy.com's Home Theater An audio/video entertainment center that has a large-screen TV and hi-fi system with three speakers in the front (left, right and center) and left and right speakers in the rear. Starting in the early 1990s, video inputs were added to stereo receivers and preamplifiers.  System Giveaway sweepstakes, offering entrants the opportunity to win a home theater system.

About Buy.com's entertainment division

Buy.com's entertainment division features books covering more than 1 million catalog titles in a variety of categories, plus magazines, music, games and videos. As part of its selection of over one million products, Buy.com's entertainment division offers one of the largest online catalogs Similar to an online library or databases in the information storage respect, ‘’’online catalogs’’’ allow potential customers to browse a company’s items for sale from a different location using the internet.  including book titles such as Spiderman and Star Wars, and by authors including Stephen King and John Grisham “Grisham” redirects here. For other uses, see Grisham (disambiguation).

John Ray Grisham (born February 8, 1955) is a former politician, retired attorney, American novelist and author best known for his works of modern legal drama.
.

About Buy.com

Buy.com, The Internet Superstore(TM) and low price leader, offers its approximately 5 million customers over 1.5 million products in a range of categories including computer hardware and software, electronics, cellular products and services, music, DVDs, books, and more. Individuals and businesses can shop quickly and easily at Buy.com 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Buy.com was named the "Best Overall Place To Buy Mobile Devices" (January 2002), "Best E-Commerce Site" by PC World magazine (June 2001), "Best Overall Place To Buy" by Computer Shopper Computer Shopper could referr to the following publications:
  • Computer Shopper (UK magazine) - a home computer magazine published in the United Kingdom
  • Computer Shopper (US magazine) - a home computer magazine published in the United States
N.B.
 Magazine (January 2001), a "Best of the Web" in the computer and electronics category by Forbes Magazine (spring 2000 and fall 2000), and the No. 1 electronics e-tailer in the PowerRankings by Forrester Research Forrester Research is an independent technology and market research company that provides its clients with advice about technology's impact on business and consumers. Corporate facts
  • Founded: 1983 by George F.
, Inc. (November 2000). Buy.com, founded in June 1997, is located in Aliso Viejo, California Aliso Viejo is a city in Orange County, California, United States. As of the 2000 census, Aliso Viejo population was 40,166. Aliso Viejo became Orange County's 34th city on July 1, 2001, and has been the only city in Orange County to incorporate since 2000. . For more information, visit www.buy.com. Buy.com(TM) and The Internet Superstore(TM) are trademarks of Buy.com Inc.
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