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		brianbreslin on Aug 5, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Amazon launches Prime Air, its own dedicated cargo... There IS a marginal cost to touching a book and to moving it, even if the truck is going ANYWAY, it might be pennies of fuel + pennies of labor to move it. This could eat into the margins.

BurningFrog on Aug 5, 2016 [–]

Yeah, there is a small cost. There is also a small benefit.

With good data you can make the right small decisions.

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