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Newsweek: The Future of Reading
Amazon's Jeff Bezos already built a better bookstore. Now he believes he can improve upon one of humankind's most divine creations: the book itself.
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There's a video demonstration of the Kindle on Amazon HERE.
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Although currently sold out, you can order one from Amazon for $399.
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Amazon: Relentless.com
Link to article: Relentless.com At 20 Amazon is bulking up. It is not—yet—slowing down HIGH-TECH creation myths are expected to start with a garage. Amazon, impatient with ordinary from the outset, began with a road trip. In the summer of 1994 Jeff...
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Jeff Bezos On 60 Minutes
Link .......... Online extra videos: Bezos recalls Amazon's riskiest move Why Bezos bought The Washington Post The Jeff Bezos of 1999: Nerd of the Amazon (February 1999 "60 Minutes" segment)
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The Secrets Of Bezos: How Amazon Became The Everything Store
Amazon.com rivals Wal-Mart as a store, Apple as a device maker, and IBM as a data services provider. It will rake in about $75 billion this year. For his book, Bloomberg Businessweek’s Brad Stone spoke to hundreds of current and former friends...
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Jeff Bezos Pays $250 Million For The Washington Post
In an ironic twist for a tycoon whose company has always kept its distance from the press, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has agreed to pay $250 million cash for The Washington Post. The purchase takes the newspaper out of the hands of the Graham family,...
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Upfront And Unscripted With Jeff Bezos (audio)
I think Jeff Bezos and Chris Anderson are two of the best people from which to learn. I don't know how I missed this podcast the first time, but it is really great (in my opinion). I also think the iPod-like comparison is a valid one for The Kindle....
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