Local bookstores in the Seattle area described
wariness over the physical presence of Amazon.com, with the University Book Store in the U District
noting «different spending patterns» two months after the opening of Amazon's store; an Amazon spokesperson dismissed the notion that Amazon Books would interfere with independent bookstores and their operations, stating that «offline retail is a big space with room for lots of winners».
Winograd
notes that, in addition to a generalized
wariness of retail performance, investors are concerned about the threat of overbuilding.