Jeff Bezos

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Wal-Mart: "If There's Going to be a Wal-Mart of the Web, It Can Be Amazon"

Steve Ross | Posted 10.19.2009 | Books

Read More: Cd, Book Publishing, Publishing, Discounts, Book-Prices, Jeff Bezos, Price War, Humor, Books, Future of Publishing, Wall Street Journal, Wal-Mart, Humor and Satire, Amazon, Books News

Where will this pricing war end? Is it in anyone's interests besides the consumers? At what price should inexpensive hardcovers reasonably come -- at the expense of the author's income?

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I Trusted You

Gerald Sindell | Posted 09.05.2009 | Business

Read More: Barnes & Noble, Jeff Bezos, The-Genius-Machine, Customer Service, Amazon, Amazon.com, Birthdays, Barnes and noble.com, Business News

In the online book business, two giants duke it out for our business. While Amazon's Jeff Bezos has created online shopping perfection, at B & N, an order "confirmation" really means, "We'll try."

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Amazon's Acquistion of Zappos: A Superb Example of Karmic Capitalism

Chip Conley | Posted 08.27.2009 | Business

Read More: Capitalism, Business, Amazon, Zappos, Amazon.com, Jeff Bezos, Amazon Acquisition, zappos.com, Business News

Zappos has proven that "karmic capitalism" isn't just a catchy cliché, but it's also a very effective means to run a business and cash out at an extremely impressive return on investment.

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Amazon Buys Zappos In $807 Million Acquisition

MarketWatch | Posted 08.22.2009 | Business

Read More: Jeff Bezos, Tony Hsieh, Amazon Acquisition, zappos.com, Amazon, Business News

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Amazon.com Inc. /quotes/comstock/15*!amzn/quotes/nls/amzn (AMZN 89.79, +1.00, +1.13%) said Wednesday it has agreed t...

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Eebs: A History of Future Publishing

Giles Slade | Posted 08.01.2009 | Media

Read More: Steve Jobs, Swiss Army Knife, Whiskey, Stanza, Kindle, Jeff Bezos, Ipod, Digital-Ecosystem, Aap, Wall Street Journal, Sony, Apple, Google Books, Chocolate, Rupert Murdoch, Iphone, Ebooks, Technology, Lingerie, Itunes, Amazon, Google, Ereaders, Epublishing, Amazon Kindle, mp3, Media News

The Kindle is for the book-lover who might buy a first, a signed or a special edition. It is lingerie. It is a box of chocolates or a bottle of double-malt. Competition will drive it to adapt, and it will.

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Amazon's Kindle DX: The End of Paper?

Dan Dubno | Posted 06.08.2009 | Media

Read More: Arthur Sulzberger Jr., Amazon.com, Jeff Bezos, Dan Dubno, Joe Jacobson, New York Times, Kindle DX, Amazon Kindle, Amazon.com Kindle, Boston Globe, Malcolm Gladwell, Media News

Everyone who has predicted the demise of paper has so far been completely wrong. But that was before the advent of a fully-functional full-figured e-book reader.

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Kindle Can't Pronounce Barack Obama's Name

NY Times | TIM ARANGO | Posted 06.08.2009 | Media

Read More: Amazon Kindle DX, Jeff Bezos, Kindle and Barack Obama, Kindle DX, Kind, Amazon Kindle, Kindle and Barack Obama's Name, Kindle Obama, Kindle Barak Obama, Kindle Barack Obama, Media News

But if the Kindle, which not only displays the news but also speaks it with a computerized voice, is ever to be the savior of print media, it needs to...

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Jeff Bezos, Factory Worker

Lexington Herald-Leader | Jim Jordan | Posted 04.27.2009 | Business

Read More: Jeff Bezos Factory Worker, Jeff Bezos Lexington Kentucky, Herald-Leader, Jeff Bezos, Lexington Newspaper, Amazon Ceo Factory Worker, Factory Worker Jeff Bezos, Herald Leader, Lexington Herald Leader, Amazon Ceo, Jeff Bezos Kentucky, Kentucky Jeff Bezos, Lexicnton Herald-Leader, Amazon, lexingtonheraldleader.com, Business News

Bezos, one of the world's wealthiest entrepreneurs, happens to look a little like a friendly leprechaun. He arrived unannounced in Lexington to wor...

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Jeff Bezos Promotes The Kindle 2 On The "Daily Show" (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Nick Sabloff | Posted 03.27.2009 | Media

Read More: Video, Kindle, Daily Show, Jeff Bezos, Jon Stewart, Kindle 2.0, Amazon, Media News

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos appeared on the "Daily Show" last night to showcase the new Kindle 2, which started shipping yesterday. While Bezos was, nat...

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Impulse Buying for Books, Baby

Giles Slade | Posted 03.13.2009 | Media

Read More: Steve Jobs, Amazon.com, Kindle, Ipod, Jeff Bezos, Diego Rivera, Iphone, E Books, Publishing, Importance of Reading, Books, Reading, Media News

Bezos yearned to adapt such Jobsian techniques to the sale of books and to recast those sales in the same way iThings had changed MP3 downloads and then put Internet access in your pocket.

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HuffPost Interview: Stephen King at the Amazon Kindle 2.0 Launch

Jack Hidary | Posted 03.12.2009 | Media

Read More: Kindle Launch, Steven King, Jeff Bezos, Author King, Kindle 2.0, Stephen King, Amazon Kindle, Publishers, Amazon, Horror Story, Kindle Stephen King, Media News

At the launch of the Kindle 2.0, I spoke with author Stephen King, who wrote a story exclusively for the new device.

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A Bold, Old Idea for Saving Journalism

Walter Isaacson | Posted 03.08.2009 | Media

Read More: The Internet, Newspapers, Bloggers, Amazon Kindle, Wall Street Journal, Journalism, Amazon, Old Media, Television, Kindle, Old Media Death Watch, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, Technology, World Wide Web, Myspace, Blogging, Amazon.com Kindle, Magazines, Citizen Journalists, Steve Jobs, Napster, Paypal, Old Media vs. New Media, Jeff Bezos, Citizen Journalism, Aspen Institute, Websites, Death of Newspapers, Apple iTunes, Amazon.com, Itunes, New York Times, Videos, Media News

I hope that 2009 will be the year when creators of valuable content start charging and readers begin paying for the journalism they want.

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Innovate Like Chris Rock

Peter Sims | Posted 03.01.2009 | Comedy

Read More: True North, Innovation, Peter Sims, Chris Rock, Entrepreneurship, Jeff Bezos, Amazon, Comedy Writing, Comedy, Comedy News

Rock doesn't overanalyze or put all of his hopes into developing a routine in front of his bathroom mirror - he quickly, dynamically, and inexpensively uses experiments to learn.

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Amazon Kindle Sales Living Up To Projections, Surprising Some

Silicon Alley Insider | Peter Kafka | Posted 08.09.2008 | Business

Read More: Amazon.com, Amazon Kindle, Kindle, Huffpost Books, Jeff Bezos, Books, Kindle Sales, E-Books, E-Reader, Technology, Business News

Newest data point on Amazon's Kindle sales, which Amazon says are great but won't ever quantify: TechCrunch cites "a source close to Amazon with direc...

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Jeff Bezos, Survivor

Fortune | Josh Quittner | Posted 04.23.2008 | Business

Read More: Billionaires, Amazon Web Services, Online Retail, Jeff Bezos, Dotcom Crash, Amazon, Business News

The helicopter was out of control and Jeff Bezos, the dotcom billionaire who founded Amazon, was pretty sure he was about to die. He was pinioned in t...

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Amazon Doubles Profit

New York Times | LAURIE J. FLYNN | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Holiday Shopping Season, Amazon.com, Amazon Profits, Jeff Bezos, Amazon, Business News

Amazon.com, the leading online retailer, had a lot of good news in its financial report Wednesday, but it was overshadowed by just a small bit of bad ...

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Amazon.com Has Best Season Ever

AP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Wii, Amazon.com, Holiday Season, Jeff Bezos, Garmin GPS Systems, Apple MacBook, Pirates of the Caribbean, KitchenAid, Planet Earth, KitchenAid Stand Mixers, Harry Potter, Nintendo Wii, The Discovery Channel's Planet Earth Dvd Set, Business News

Amazon.com Inc. said Wednesday its 2007 holiday season was its strongest to date, with Nintendo Wii game systems and the "Harry Potter and the Order o...

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Why Amazon Should Buy eBay

New York Times | Saul Hansell | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: eBay Amazon, Meg Whitman, Amazon.com, Jeff Bezos, Ebay, Amazon, Business News

For years it was impossible to even suggest that Amazon buy eBay because eBay's market value was three or four times that of Amazon. And there was goo...

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Why Amazon's Kindle Is No iPod

Silicon Valley Insider | Peter Kafka | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: E-Books, Kindle iPod, Amazon E-Book, Kindle E-Book, Kindle, Jeff Bezos, Amazon, Business News

Newsweek's Steven Levy previews Amazon's (AMZN) new $400 Kindle e-book in 4,757-word cover story. Amazon, he says, believes it has created the "iPod o...

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