Strategy C ommercial databases are collections of information presented electronically. Databases range in size from simple books made searchable, to several billion records in the largest news databases. The retail database industry is obscure in the way the information is distributed.
Costs are highly variable and difficult to determine.
Products with the same name may contain different information. An individual magazine or database may exist within several databases and several collections of databases. Definitive databases are determined by successful marketing. While not particularly satisfying state of affairs, this is how it stands at this time. More discussion on the database industry can be found in section 32 of the FAQ .