Amazon.com, the Internet bookseller, fell $21.25 a share, to $163.375.

Amazon.com, the Internet bookseller, fell 17 3/8, to 122 1/8.

Its stock has stumbled in recent years because of concerns about competition from Internet booksellers and the potential saturation of United States markets with vast superstores.

Even more unnerving has been the flight path of Amazon.com, the Internet bookseller.

Whatever the legal requirements, it is interesting to contrast Continental's attitude to, for example, that of Amazon.com, the pioneering Internet bookseller.

Reviews from trade publications like Kirkus and Booklist routinely appear on the site of Amazon.com, the Internet bookseller.

The move came after the Wiesenthal Center filed legal complaints against Amazon and other Internet booksellers in August.

Internet booksellers offering low prices also nibbled away at sales.

Yes, in part these independent booksellers are a casualty of competition from bookstore chains and Internet booksellers.

As if all this isn't enough competition, Internet booksellers like Amazon.com special order scholarly books and ship them to customers worldwide.