 The partnership has caused well-known bookstores like Barnes & Noble to remove these titles from their shelves.In November 2013, Amazon announced a partnership with the United States Postal Service to begin delivering orders on Sundays.The service, included in Amazon's standard shipping rates, initiated in metropolitan areas of Los Angeles and New York because of the high-volume and inability to deliver in a timely way, with plans to expand into Dallas, Houston, New Orleans and Phoenix by 2014.