I know many of you do not read BusinessWeek, so I thought I would bring this to your attention. This has nothing to do with editing or any editorial service; instead, it has to do with potentially good deals for us as consumers.
(Disclosure: I have nothing to do with Jet.com except that I am interested in giving it a try and have signed up to be notified when it goes live.)
Everyone thinks of Amazon when it comes to low prices and great customer service. For customer service, Amazon has become the benchmark. As many of you know, I am not a fan of Amazon because of the way it conducts business with vendors and competitors, particularly in the book world, which is my business world. So I avoid buying from Amazon whenever possible; I am even willing to pay a bit more to support an Amazon competitor.
But it looks like Amazon will soon have some serious competition: Jet.com. I found BusinessWeek‘s cover story fascinating, and decided to put my name on Jet.com‘s notification list. You should take the time to read “Amazon Bought This Man’s Company. Now He’s Coming for Them“; if you want to get quickly to “how it will work,” scroll down the article to the explanatory graphic, “How Jet.com works.”
Whether it will ultimately prevail or succeed, I have no idea, but I will check out Jet.com when it opens for business in March. It will especially be nice if I can get office supplies more cheaply.
Richard Adin, An American Editor
An American Editor 
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