The project to remodel parts of Powell's Books http://www.shelf-awareness.com/ct/uz3642037Biz19610219 flagship store in Portland, Ore.,
begins next Monday and will continue for about six months. Announced
last May, the project will remodel the building housing the Green and
Blue Rooms, making structural and cosmetic changes and additions that
include a new entrance, a new roof, energy-efficient windows, fresh
exterior paint, additional skylights and new lighting. The rooms will
have a new layout, as well as a look and feel that "both respects the
history and retains the spirit of Powell's."
During the project, the Green and Blue Rooms will be closed, and books
currently housed in those areas will be temporarily moved to other
locations in the building. The store will continue normal operations
throughout the project.
CEO Miriam Sontz commented: "After months of careful planning and
preparation for this upgrade, it's exciting to have the remodel project
underway. We have been very conscientious about maintaining the high
level of service and selection we normally offer our customers, and
we're confident that visitors will be able to enjoy the Powell's
experience as usual."
This really is pretty low of Amazon...the UW Bookstore is famous for bringing in authors from around the globe, for having the best Science Fiction/Fantasy section in King County (curated by Duane, who is an amazing guy) and for providing good deals on books with sales all the time.
Shame on Amazon for pulling this stunt.
New Amazon Low: Trying to Steal Customers Outside Indie Store
Yesterday during rush at the University of Washington, Seattle,
Amazon.com showed some amazing nerve: in front of the University
Bookstore's store in the Husky Union Building (HUB), Amazon employees
set up a display urging students to sign up for Amazon Student, a free
program for six months offering two-day shipping and special deals (and
then segues to Amazon Prime).
HUB store manager Jonathan Day described the scene: "As the day
progressed, I watched as very friendly college-age Amazon
representatives approached student after student, inquiring whether they
had already purchased their textbooks and informing them that they could
save hundreds by shopping through Amazon Student. Peak activity was at
12:30, when they held a raffle, giving away several Kindle Fires. The
crowd filled the hallway and stairwell, while the Amazon representatives
called out winning numbers over a bullhorn."
I would hate to think that perhaps Karma has made it's way to Amazon's CEO...
On New Year's Day,
during a holiday visit to the Galapagos Islands,
Amazon founder and
CEO Jeff Bezos suffered a sudden kidney stone attack
and was
transported by an Ecuadoran Navy helicopter to a Galapagos
airport, where his
private plane whisked him back to the U.S. An Amazon
spokesperson
quoted Bezos as saying, "Galapagos: five stars. Kidney
stones: zero
stars." (The Ecuadoran navy issued a release about the
evacuation, which
was widely quoted by U.S. media; Amazon confirmed the
tale.)
Bezos's own
Washington Post had a straight take on the painful story. By
contrast, in an
item headlined "Ecuadoran Navy Delivers for Amazon Chief
the New York Times
had fun, writing: "The Ecuadorean Navy offered Jeff
Bezos same-day
shipping on an Amazon Prime package: Mr. Bezos
himself....
Knowing Mr. Bezos' savvy use of promotional opportunities,
it's surprising he
did not say he fetched help by using the new 'Mayday'
feature on Kindle
tablets."
For its part,
Gawker ended its account of the incident
this way:
"There's been no word if Charlie Rose was waiting holding a
bedpan. If you
can't immediately get a country's navy on the phone, it's
not recommended
that you contract a kidney stone on a remote island."
In a more serious
vein, several papers commented that, as the Wall
Street Journal put
it, "Bezos's health mishap is a reminder
to Amazon
stockholders of the CEO's value to the company. Like many
companies led by
founder/CEOs (see: Google's Larry Page, Berkshire
Hathaway's Warren
Buffett, Apple's Steve Jobs and Oracle's Larry
Ellison), Amazon
is considered inseparable from Bezos."
Movies: Alexander & the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad
Day
Horrible, No Good,
Very Bad Day
the first
live-action film adaptation of Judith Viorst's 1972
illustrated
children's classic, Broadway World reported, noting that the
project, directed
by Miguel Arteta (The Good Girl, Cedar Rapids, Youth
in Revolt) from a
screenplay by Rob Lieber, hits theaters nationwide on
October 10. The
cast includes Megan Mullally, Jennifer Coolidge, Steve
Carell, Jennifer
Garner, Dylan Minnette, Kerris Dorsey and Ed Oxenbould.
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