The reason Barnes and Noble is not the “Avis” of online book selling

If you were old enough to remember the 70’s, you might remember an ad campaign from Avis.  It seems Avis was #2 in the car rental game and in order to take on #1, they decided to play up their “disadvantaged” status.
Avis’ campaign was the now familiar “We’re #2 - We Try Harder”.  The campaign [...]