Amazon.com : get big fast / Robert Spector.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Spector, Robert, 1947-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Amazon.com (Firm)--History.

Amazon.com (Firm).

History.

Internet bookstores--United States--History--20th century.

Internet bookstores.

Electronic commerce--United States--History--20th century.

Electronic commerce.

United States.

Physical Description:

xxiv, 277 pages ; 21 cm

Edition:

First HarperBusiness paperback edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : HarperBusiness, 2002.

Summary:

In Amazon.com Jeff Bezos built something the world had never seen. He created the most recognized brand name on the Internet, became for a time one of the richest men in the world, and was crowned "the king of cyber-commerce." Yet for all the media exposure, the inside story of Amazon.com has never really been told. In this revealing, unauthorized account, Robert Spector, journalist and best-selling author, gives us this up-to-date, fast-paced, behind-the-scenes story of the company's creation and rise, its tumultuous present, and its uncertain future.

Contents:

ch. 1. Who is Jeffrey Bezos?

ch. 2. I'll take Manhattan

ch. 3. Seattle

ch. 4. Garage in, garage out

ch. 5. Out to launch

ch. 6. Get big fast

ch. 7. Raise the bar

ch. 8. "Anal-retentive" about customer service

ch. 9. Toast of the town or Amazon.toast ?

ch. 10. Poster child for Internet commerce

ch. 11. Get bigger faster

ch. 12. Get profit eventually.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-259) and index.

First published in 2000. Contains a new introduction and additional chapter.

ISBN:

0066620422

OCLC:

49346072