2024-12-22T11:20:40-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/140411729/1-star-amazon-reviews-of-famous-architecture-texts Amelia Taylor-Hochberg 2015-11-06T18:33:00-05:00 >2024-01-23T19:16:08-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/71/71qg05w2ro0rq57o.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>You might have already heard that Amazon <a href="http://qz.com/539792/amazon-is-opening-its-first-bookstore-today-in-a-mall-where-a-giant-barnes-noble-used-to-be/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">opened its first physical bookstore</a> earlier this week, called (in very non-SEO fashion) Amazon Books. Located in Amazon&rsquo;s hometown of Seattle &ndash; ironically within a mall that used to house a Barnes &amp; Noble &ndash; most everything in the brick-and-mortar store is linked to the experience of the e-commerce space.</p><p>Recommendations, instead of being heralded by professional critics or Review lists, are tagged by average ratings or online sales. Inventory is metered out by online popularity. Prices <a href="http://qz.com/542112/you-will-literally-never-guess-how-to-buy-books-at-amazons-new-bookstore/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">fluctuate</a> with Amazon&rsquo;s online rates. And individual books are accompanied by user review placards.</p><p>While Amazon Books tries to combine the best of online and offline book-browsing and buying, you just can't emulate some online abilities offline.&nbsp;Like the purely joyful act of reading disgruntled shoppers&rsquo; negative reviews of well-known books.&nbsp;</p><p>To this end, please enjoy this selection of one-star Amazon reviews from famous architecture texts. Some reviews have been...</p>