Martin Vander Weyer Martin Vander Weyer

You’ll probably find this book about the ruthlessness of Amazon at a sharp discount on Amazon

Brad Stone's The Everything Store is an unflattering portrait of the giant online shop and its driven CEO Jeff Bezos, a man who'd be 'uncool' by his own exacting standards

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issue 30 November 2013

Do you love Amazon? I have to admit that I do, and that I buy books from it far more often than I buy them anywhere else — or bought them in the pre-internet era — and sometimes music, and occasionally kitchen items, and even bedding. I particularly like the ‘1-Click’ payment system, and the choice of price offers down to as little as a penny plus the postage.

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