Look out Amazon: Google and Barnes & Noble team up

August 7, 2014

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Buying books has gone digital, but many buyers still prefer the real thing. Google and Barnes & Noble just announced a new partnership that will offer same-day delivery of physical books in West Los Angeles, San Francisco Bay Area, and Manhattan. Books will be purchased through Google Shopping Express and will be delivered the same day from local B&N stores.

If you're not familiar with Google Shopping Express, it's one of the fastest ways to shop online. Orders are delivered within hours and other partners include Target, Staples, Walgreens, and Costco. There are a total of 19 retail partners.

Amazon already offers their own same-day delivery service in 10 major cities. However, Google's service is different in that they have partnered with major retailers, while Amazon depends on warehouses.

source: New York Times

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Robert lives in upstate New York where he was born and raised. Technology was always his passion. His first computer was a Radio Shack TRS80 Color that used a cassette tape to save programs, and his first laptop was a Toshiba T1200FB that sported a CGA greyscale screen and two 720kb floppy drives (no hardrive). From the early 90’s through late 2011, he only owned Motorola phones starting with the MircroTAC all the way through to the Droid X. He broke that streak when he bought the Galaxy Nexus. Now he's sporting a Galaxy Note 4, and absolutely loves it. He has a wonderful wife and a 6 year old son. In his free time he enjoys sports, movies, TV, working out, and trying to keep up with the rapid fast world of technology.