Kleiner's John Doerr saves Keplers, despite Amazon

October 13, 2005 | Matt Marshall

John Doerr, the well-known Silicon Valley venture capitalist, and board member at Amazon, interestingly is listed among those who contributed $25,000 or more to reopen Kepler’s Books and Magazines in Menlo Park. Menlo Park is the location of his venture capital firm, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, and he lives just up the road in Woodside.

It is noteworthy because Kepler’s said it went out of business in August because of lost sales to big chains and online merchants like Amazon.com.

(Via Mike at TechDirt, who adds that one doesn’t necessarily need to be against the other: “For example, I shop at both Amazon and Kepler’s at times. They serve different purposes.”)

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