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The developing status of some famous international and domestic online bookstores is introduced in the present article. The marketing strategies of Amazon and Barnes & Noble are compared from the viewpoints of seller and buyer, respectively. The seller's viewpoints are discussed in terms of product, price, marketing place, and promotion, while the buyer's viewpoints are discussed in terms of product, price, marketing place, and promotion, while the buyer's viewpoints are discussed in terms of user interface, personalized service, and interactive mechanisms. Furthermore, various aspects of the competition domination of Amazon are analyzed. In comparison with Amazon's successful experience, the business models and the marketing strategies of domestic online bookstores are analyzed and reported. The reported results are expected to be helpful to the future development of Chinese online bookstores.
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