HCI and the Web

X.5 September + October 2003
Page: 47
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Books and mortar


Authors:
William Hudson

One of the Web's best-known booksellers appears to have become bored with the idea of selling books. The trickle of products other than books has burgeoned into a torrent flooding from its pages. In the early days, paddling among CDs and DVDs when trying to find books was not a particular problem. Few categories overlapped, so by searching for a few words in the title, you could usually find what you were looking for. But no more. Entering the words "easy RUP"1 results in the following product offerings (in order of appearance): Safety cans under Scientific Supplies Stirrups under…




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