Buy.com Vows to Beat Amazon's Price on Pre-Orders of ``Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix;'' Currently the No. 1 Best Selling Book on Buy.com.Business Editors & High-Tech Writers ALISO VIEJO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 22, 2003 Buy.com Inc., The Internet Superstore su·per·store n. A very large retail store that stocks highly diversified merchandise, such as groceries, toys, and camera equipment, or a wide variety of mechandise in a specific product line, such as computers or sporting goods. (TM), today announced that it is taking pre-orders on the latest book in the Harry Potter series, "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix," due to be released on June 21, 2003. The book will be sold on Buy.com at 10 percent below Amazon.com's current price, as are all books on Buy.com, and will include free shipping. In April 2002, Buy.com sold more than 10,000 units of "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" on DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. in just 24 hours. "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" is the fifth book of seven in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter franchise and is currently the No. 1 best selling book on Buy.com. "We implemented the 10 percent off Amazon.com book prices back in June 2002 and the policy is still in place because customers love it," said Robert Price Robert Price may refer to:
Buy.com has been selling books since 1998 and currently features an extensive catalog catalog, descriptive list, on cards or in a book, of the contents of a library. Assurbanipal's library at Nineveh was cataloged on shelves of slate. The first known subject catalog was compiled by Callimachus at the Alexandrian Library in the 3d cent. B.C. of books in a variety of categories, including select 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(R) Bestseller titles offered at 50% off list price. All Buy.com books ship free with no minimum purchase required. "Online book shoppers continue to realize that we are a lower-cost alternative to Amazon.com through our reduced prices and free shipping," stated Doug Marrs, director of Buy.com's entertainment division. About Buy.com's entertainment division Buy.com's entertainment division features more than 1 million catalog titles in a variety of categories, including books, magazines, music, games and DVDs. As part of its selection of more than 1 million products, Buy.com's entertainment division offers one of the largest online book catalogs featuring bestselling titles such as "The Lovely Bones" and "Good to Great," and by authors including Michael Crichton, Dean Koontz Dean Ray Koontz (born July 9, 1945 in Everett, Pennsylvania), also known under a number of pseudonyms, including Leigh Nichols, is an American writer. He is best-known for writing many successful novels that could broadly be described as suspense thrillers, but which 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 more than 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 Number One Online Holiday Shopping Site for music, books and games by Gomez Inc. (December 2002), "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:
Buy.com, founded in June 1997, is located in Aliso Viejo. For more information, visit www.buy.com. Note to Editors: Buy.com(TM) and The Internet Superstore(TM) are trademarks of Buy.com Inc. |
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