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Amazon Charts Course Toward E-Book Advertising
adage.com - 7/20/2009
Amazon Charts Course Toward E-Book Advertising
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SAN FRANCISCO (AdAge.com) -- Books are among the last bastions of ad-free content. But they won't be so forever if Amazon has its way.
blogs.zappos.com - 7/22/2009
CEO Letter
— blogs.zappos.com — The following email was sent to our employees today: Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2009 From: Tony Hsieh... (CEO - Zappos.com) To: All Zappos Employees Subject: Zappos and Amazon Please set aside 20 minutes to carefully read this entire email. (My apologies for the ... (more) CEO Letter

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Amazon Says 'I Do' to Zappos. Now What?
adage.com - 7/26/2009
Amazon Says 'I Do' to Zappos. Now What?
— adage.com — NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- Certainly, Zappos and Amazon have plenty in common. But there are distinct differences... too, when it comes to the best way to interact with customers and social media. (more) Amazon Says 'I Do' to Zappos. Now What?

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amazon.com - 7/24/2009
An Apology from Amazon - kindle Discussion Forum
— amazon.com — While it might have been handled better I think you did the right thing for an immediate... fix. I'm glad you are thinking of new ways to fix this in the future to keep the privacy hungry part of the public happy and show that you aren't the "draconic" ... (more) An Apology from Amazon - kindle Discussion Forum

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