Opening today: the only bookstore in the world where customers cannot stick their phones in the staff's faces and say, "I can get this book cheaper on Amazon."

Seattle Times: 

At 9:30 Tuesday morning, the online retail giant will open its first-ever brick-and-mortar retail store in its 20-year life, in University Village.

The store, called Amazon Books, looks a lot like bookstores that populate malls across the country. Its wood shelves are stocked with 5,000 to 6,000 titles, best-sellers as well as Amazon.com customer favorites.