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Amazon Ltd. is a multinational us Corporation specializing in electronic trading. Its headquarters is in Seattle, Washington, is the largest for sale online, with nearly three times the revenues from online sales compared to its rival, Staples, a limited company.

Jeff Bezos founded Amazon.com in 1994 and launched online in 1995. It started as online bookstores but quickly expanded its activity to the production lines of VHS, DVD and music CDs (MP3), computer software, video games, electronics, apparel, furniture, food, games, documents, electronics, apparel, furniture, food, games, etc. Amazon has established separate websites in Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, China, and Japan. Wetmdaida many countries some of their products via international shipping

On January 15, 2009, where the publication of an opinion poll which found that Amazon are the best sellers of music and video in the United Kingdom, and came in third place at the level of all companies by category

History and business model

Amazon was founded in 1994, and made what Bezos regret the low framework "and his efforts to fend off regret for prosecution in the Internet laisnd. [2] while some argue that Bezos wrote the action plan when he was driving with his wife from New York to Seattle, but it seems that this is a claim.

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The company also started selling books online, while the larger libraries built and your guide books could provide 200,000 title libraries, online can offer more. Bezos launched Amazon's name on the company after the largest river in the world. Since 2000, the Amazon logo is an arrow pointing from A to Z, and is satisfying the needs of the consumer (the smile) and it has all the products according to the alphabet.[4]

In 1994, the company in the State of Washington, and began its services in July 1995, and its Union in Delaware in 1996. And the first book sold by Amazon.com was Douglas Hofstadter "fluid concepts and creative analogies: computer models of the fundamental mechanisms of thought. Amazon.com put up the shares issued on 15 January 1997 under the NASDAQ symbol AMZN price 18.00 US dollars per share ($ 1.50 after three stock exchanges recently broke away in 1990)

Initial work plan was unusual for Amazon: where the company did not expect a return for four or five years: it was an effective strategy. Amazon has grown steadily in 1990 while other Internet companies have grown rapidly, without insight. The growth of Amazon "slowly" effects of shareholder complaints, as the company did not arrive fast enough beneficial. When the dot com bubble burst, and many companies went out of business, Amazon persevered, finally got its first profit in the last quarter of 2001.

The company remains profitable: net income of $ 35.3 million in 2003, $ 588.50 million in 2004, $ 359 million in 2005, and $ 190 million in 2006 ($ 662 million for r & d in 2006), however, the company's cumulative profit remains negative. As of September 2007, the accumulated deficit of about $ 1.58 billion. Revenue increased thanks to product diversification and the international: $ 3.9 billion in 2002, $ 5.3 billion in 2003, $ 6.9 billion in 2004, $ 8.5 billion in 2005 and $ 10.7 billion in 2006.

On November 21, 2005, entered the Amazon within the 500 S&P content, replacing at & t after it merged with SBC Communications and at December 31, 2008, entered the Amazon within% S&P content, replacing Merrill lunch after being dominated by Bank of America.

In 1999, time magazine's man of the year Bezos, the recognition of the company's success at mainstream online shopping. Time magazine named Bezos person of the year, recognizing the company's success in the mainstream of Internet shopping.

Business partnerships.

Website (CDNOW) (cdnow.com) engine and is hosted by Amazon. As at 30 June 2006, typing ToysRUs.com Web site in the browser could Amazon Amazon.com's site opens a key charge of games and toys: but this relationship ended as a result of the problem.[5]

Amazon.com operates and manages sales locations of interest, Sears Canada, cosmetics, BeBe stores, Timex Corporation, marks & Spencer, wemazrker, Lacoste. And the increasing number of project clients, it currently includes the United Kingdom retailers marks & Spencer, webinift kosmotx, United Kingdom benefits care, provide aprons Amazon unified platform multi-channel consumer can exchange handle Internet sales sites, stand-alone stores, consumer service through telephone agencies >. Amazon online services also operates stores all AOL's Shop @ AOL.

The headquarters of Amazon

The company is headquartered in Seattle's Beacon Hill. With offices in Seattle and Union Station includes the great center of Colombia.

Amazon has announced its plan to move the headquarters to the South Lake Union neighborhood to Seattle in mid-2010, with full occupancy in 2011 and this step will unite all workers in Seattle on the campus of the 11 new building.[6]

The company employs software developers at centres for medium and large scale around the world. While most software development is in Seattle, other locations include:

Slough (United Kingdom)

Edinburgh (United Kingdom)

Dublin (Ireland)

Bangalore, Chennai, and Hyderabad (India)

Cape Town (South Africa)

Iasi (Romania)

Shibuya (Tokyo, Japan)

Beijing (China)

Tempe, Arizona (United States)

 

Delivery and storage

Achievement centers located in the following cities, often near airports. And Amazon and ordered storage of third-party vendors and include large companies such as target.

North America

Arizona, United States: Phoenix, Goodyear

United States: Delaware, New Castle

Indiana, United States: Wheatstone, Munster, weblinvild

Kansas, United States: koviild

Kentucky, United States: Campbellsville, Hebron (near CVG), Lexington, and Louisville

Nevada, United States: Fernley and Red Rock (near 4SD)

New Hampshire, United States: Nashua

Pennsylvania, United States: Carlisle, Chambersburg, Hazleton, and Lewisberry

Texas, United States: Dallas/Fort Worth

Virginia, United States

Ontario, Canada: Mississauga (a Canada Post facility)

In March 2009, Amazon announced plans to close three distribution centers: Red Rock Nevada, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, and Monster, Indiana. [7]

Europe

 

 

Glenrothes Amazon.co.uk store

Bedfordshire, England: Marston gate near the Brogborough

Inverclyde, Scotland: Gourock

Fife, Scotland: Glenrothes

Neath Port Talbot, Wales: Crymlyn Burrows [8] [9] near Jersey marine [10]

Loiret, France: Orléans-Boigny (2000)

Loiret, France: Orléans-Saran (2007)

Hesse, Germany: Bad Hersfeld

Saxony, Germany: Leipzig

Asia

Chiba, Japan

Guangzhou, China

Suzhou, China

Beijing, China

 

Production lines

Amazon has expanded steadily in selling CDs containing music, videos, DVDs, software, consumer electronics, kitchen appliances and equipment, and for gardens and children's products, toys and sports equipment, food, foods, jewelry and watches, for health and personal care, beauty products, musical equipment, and clothing, and industrial and scientific supplies, groceries, and more.

Company launched Amazon.com auctions, Web auctions, in March 1999. But failed in the shipping industry's leading eBay and Amazon auctions followed with a fixed price for the commercial market called zShops z stores in September 1999, and failed sosbi/Amazon partnership called sothebys.amazon.com in November.

Amazon no longer remember any auctions or zShops on its home pages help page for sellers referred only to commercial markets. Old links forwarded z stores now to the main Amazon page simply, while old links to auctions take users to a page history of transactions. And new product listings are no longer possible for any of these services.

Although z stores have lived up to their expectations, they put the foundation stone of the great success of the service trade market to Amazon, which launched in 2001 which allowed customers to sell used books, CDs, DVDs, and other products for new purposes.Today, the main rival to Amazon market eBay's Half.com service

Starting from August 2005, Amazon has started selling its products under its own brand "Pinzon"; She suggested starting applications brand the company intends to focus on textiles, kitchenware and other household goods. In March 2007, the company has expanded the brand to cover larger, more diversified goods, in order to register a new design contains "Word PINZON in ornate letters with the letter o, which shows through the void," an hour. "and list of products registered for covering the brand has grown to include purposes such as coverings, carpets and wallpaper, hair accessories, clothing, footwear and headgear, cleaning products, and jewelry. [25][11]

On May 16, 2007 Amazon announced its intention to launch the Amazon MP3, store your music online. The store launched in the United States in public beta in September 25, 2007, selling downloads exclusively in MP3 format without digital rights values control. and this was evident in particular because it was the first to offer music free of digital rights management from among four companies of recordings. [29 [12] [13] [14] [15]

In August 2007, Amazon announced AmazonFresh, a grocery service offering food to spoilage and others perishable Gallery. Applications can be delivered to customers in the dawn or during a specific time in the day. Delivery was initially limited to residents of Mercer Island, Washington, and later expanded to several zip codes in Seattle. [37] AmazonFresh also operates locations in the suburbs of pick-up Bellevue Kirkland from summer 2007 to early 2008.

Amazon in 2008 Amazon expanded into film production and is currently funded by the film "the stolen child" with 20th Century Fox. [38] [16]

 

Comments and attributes acclamation

Amazon.com customers's comments displayed on the screen for all the negative comments or inappropriate targeting anything, or anyone, not the product itself. According to the comments lacked relatively restrictions, Robert Spector, is the author of Amazon.com, describes how "when publishers and authors asked Bezos why Amazon.com can publish negative comments, dot com, defended his claim that Amazon.com takes a different approach. We want to make every book available-good, bad, and the ugly ... In order to allow for the fact that the show "(Spector 132).

And the comments of the different means to the same product together with each other (such as page comments on a specific movie, whether on VHS, Blue Ray, or DVD, will include comments from three products currently, there is no way to view only the comments lasdarwahd of the product.

Web site

The domain amazon.com attracted at least million visitors annually by 2008 according to a Compete.com site statistical survey and this is twice as many according walmart.com [17]

Amazon allows users to make comments on the Web page for each product. As part of their comments, users must sort the product developed from one star to five stars. in 2004 a sudden error where the names behind the comments which had been made anonymous, showed that some authors have written their own books about the impressive comments. create Amazon new feature in recent years which allow users to comment on comments. Amazon provided optional cards for commentators, such as clarifying the real name of commenter (based on confirmation of credit card account) or to note that the commenter is considered one of the top commentators on the roots. Us site generally contains more comments. And the comment you posted on the site does not have to be visible on another site.

"Search inside the book" feature allows consumers to look for keywords in the full content of many books in the directory. This feature started by 120.000 address (or 33 million pages of text) on 23 October 2003. There are currently about 250,000 books in this program. Amazon has cooperated with around 130 publishers to allow users to perform such research.

To avoid copyright violation, Amazon.com don't provide legible text to your computer but instead put the corresponding page, pictures can be printed, put limits on the number of pages that can be accessed per user. A book that all writing can be read entirely through research on the Internet in a few words. In addition, customers can purchase online access to some books through Amazon's modernization program, "Although the choice is currently very limited. According to the information in Amazon.com discussion forums, Amazon derives about 40 percent of its sales from affiliates, which is nothing called Associates, and third party vendors who place products on the list and sell on Amazon's sites on the Internet. Partners receive a signal to alert consumers to Amazon by placing links on their website to Amazon's home page or to specific products. If these links on sale, these partners collect commission from Amazon. Amazon world has more than 900 members in affiliate programs. These partners can enter the Guide to Amazon directly on their site by using Amazon services (AWS) XML service and new child product, astore, allows affiliates to include a subset of products within or attached to another site. And germination of Amazon sales amounting to more than $ 1.3 million of solid products through their websites on the Internet in 2007. Sale on Amazon has become more popular that Amazon has expanded to various categories of media and built a set of features to support the size of the sale. Unlike eBay, Amazon sellers do not have to maintain separate accounts payable: all payments and payment protection by Amazon itself. According to the Internet audience measurement website Compete.com, Amazon attracts some 50 million US consumers on its website on a monthly basis.

 

According to the information in Amazon.com discussion forums, [citation needed] Amazon derives about 40 percent of the company's sales of their companies call Associates, and the third party, and the list of vendors who sell Amazon products on the Internet. Partners Committee to signal to customers on Amazon by putting links on their websites to Amazon, or at home for certain products. If your referral results in a sale, and associate and receive Commission from Amazon. Worldwide, Amazon more than 900,000 members in affiliate programs.[18] Associates can access the Amazon catalog directly on their websites by using Amazon Web services (AWS) XML. Of a new product, astore, allows affiliates to include a subset of Amazon products or linked to it from another site.

Amazon said more than 1.3 million dollars of products sold through Amazon vendors Web sites in 2007. Selling on Amazon has become more popular on Amazon expanded into various categories of media behind the adoption of a set of features to support the size of the sale. Unlike eBay, Amazon sellers do not have to maintain separate payment accounts; and to pay all payments and the security in the Amazon region.

According to the Web site for audience measurement Compete.com, Amazon has attracted some 50 million US consumers on its website on a monthly basis.

Profits

In April 1998, Amazon bought the Internet Movie Database (IMDb).

In August 1998, Amazon bought Cambridge, weblantaool-based for 800,000 shares of Amazon stock. PlanetAll operated on the Internet address book and calendar, and the Alerter service. in the same deal Amazon acquired Sani Phil based Junglee.com, and XML-based data extraction from 1.6 million shares of Amazon stock. The deals together and appreciate the value of 280 million dollars at this time.

In June 1999, Amazon bought Alexa Internet, and Exchange.com in a series of stock transactions at a cost of about $ 645 million.

In 2003, Amazon bought its rival in selling online music CD Now

In 2004, Amazon purchased Joyo.com, a Chinese e-commerce site. It also debuted A9.com, a company focusing on research and innovation and building technology.

In March 2005, has acquired BookSurge, Amazon, and print on demand company, and Mobipocket.com, eBook software company.

In July 2005, Amazon purchased CreateSpace.com (formerly CustomFlix), Scotts Valley, California-based distribution of DVDs on demand.[20] since the acquisition, CreateSpace has expanded its network to include on-demand services, books and CDs, as well as download video. On 30 July 2007, the national archives announced that it would make thousands of historical films are available for purchase through CreateSpace.[21]

In February 2006, Amazon acquired Shopbop, Madison, Wisconsin-based retailer of designer clothing and accessories for women.[22]

In May 2007, Amazon acquired dpreview.com, a London-based digital photography site created by Phil Askey as his personal hobby site brilliance audio, the largest independent publisher of audiobooks in the United States.[23]

In January 2007, Endless.com was created a separate e-commerce with a focus on brand shoes [24]

In January 2008, Amazon announced that it acquire audiobook provider Audible.com for $ 300 million in cash.

In June 2008, Amazon announced that it had acquired Fabric.com, fabric online store.[25]

In July 2008, Amazon's IMDb subsidiary purchased box Office Mojo, the film follows sales site in theaters.[26]

In August 2008, Amazon announced an agreement to purchase a Victoria, b.c., AbeBooks, seller of new and used prints and rare books.[27] later that month Amazon announced that Seattle-based acquisition **** fari, a book based on a social network site, for an undisclosed amount.[28] as part of the acquisition of Abebooks Amazon also got additional share **** fari's competitor LibraryThing, AbeBooks had previously bought a 40 percent share in the ownership of Bookfinder.com, Gojaba.com, and list management service FillZ, all owned by AbeBooks at the time of acquisition.

In October 2008 Reflexive Entertainment acquired [29], and the casual video game development company.

In January 2009 agreed to acquire Zappos, Amazon [30], and clothing and footwear retailer. The deal will close this fall.

Products and services

Amazon.com incorporated a number of products and services to our shopping, either through development or acquisition.

2001 system grants and contributions: grant system was launched in 2001 to allow customers the honor system was initiated in 2001 to allow customers to make donations or purchase digital content, Amazon collection 2.9 percent flat fee plus 30 ¢. The service ceased on December 11, 2008.[31] and succeeded by Amazon payments. 2002 Web services: Amazon Web services (AWS) in 2002. This service provides programmatic access to the many features brought behind the scenes on its website. Amazon also established 2004 "channels" to benefit specific reasons. In 2004, "alraeasin" allowed consumers to donate from 5 to 200 dollars to competitors in the US presidential election of 2004.

The Amazon periodically renew the donation to the Red Cross after the tragic events of September 11 and Hurricane Katrina.

After the 2004 earthquake and tsunami in the Indian Ocean, Amazon has set up an online donation channel to benefit the American Red Cross with waiving fees.

By January 2005, donated nearly 200, 000 individual more than $ 5.7 million in the United States alone.[32]

2005 Prime: Amazon Prime offers customers unlimited shipping with no minimum purchase amount for a fixed annual fee. The service also provides priority mkhghdah for shipping rates and launched Amazon software in the United States in 2005, and in Japan in June 2007, in the United Kingdom and Germany in November 2007, France ("Amazon premium") in October 2008. Shortcuts: launched in 2005, the Amazon shortcuts displays and exclusive short content, including short stories and non-fiction writers who achieve better sales, and all this is available for immediate download at 49 ¢. As of June 2007, the program brought together more than 700 pieces and added more than 50 pieces per week. Mechanical alterek: in November 2005, Amazon.com launched the Amazon Mechanical Turk, test the application programming interface (API) that allows programs to send tasks to processors alshkhsier. (2006) S3: in March 2006, Amazon launched an online storage service called Amazon service and storage (Amazon S3). There are an unlimited number of statements from 1 byte to 5 gigabytes, which can be stored in S3 and distributed via HTTP or BitTorrent. The service must be shipped per month for storage and data transfer. SQS: in April 2006, Amazon introduced a simplified front Kyoto (Amazon SQS). distribution service SMS the Kyoto. Discussion boards: in August 2006, Amazon launched product wikis (later was continued into Amapedia) and discussion forums for some products using the instructions that follow the direction of the message. EC2: in August 2006, the Amazon Cloud EC2 Amazon _ flexible account) real site which allows users to use the Amazon infrastructure with high koffa has dropped to run diverse applications ranging from running to host Internet. In 2008, Amazon and improve service, adding elastic block store (EBS), continued exposure to store Amazon EC2 instances and elastic IP address es, static IP addresses designed for dynamic cloud computing. 2007. Amapedia :

In January 2007 Amazon launched Amapedia, a collaborative wiki for user-generated content to replace ProductWiki Unbox: in March 2007, Amazon launched an online video on demand service, Amazon Unbox. Download the MP3: in September 2007, Amazon launched a new music store (currently in beta) called Amazon MP3 and download all tracks are in MP3 format and most of the recordings are 256 per second variable baudrate (VBR).[33] the Amazon terms of use agreements limit the legal process music, but Amazon does not use digital rights management to implement these requirements.[34] Amazon MP3 sells music service of the four largest recording companies: EMI universal and Sony BMG recordings wornrbros as well as many independents. Before the launch of this service has Amazon invested in Amie Street and Amy Street is a shop selling music that vary in price according to demand.[35] Vine in August 2007 Amazon launched Amazon Vine service which allows the best commentator on the product free access to products before release of suppliers participating in the program. Commentators can either return the product used to Amazon or to send a comment and keep the product within a few months of use. FPS in August 2007 Amazon launched its pay service specifically targeted for developers called flexible payment service FPS and Amazon FPS has facilities for the development of many models includes payment shipping small micro-payments. The service also gives developers easy access to Amazon customers. Kindle: in November 2007, Amazon launched Amazon Kindle, an electronic book reader and the content downloads over "Whispernet" service is EV-DO wireless network Sprint Nextel. Use the E Ink screen technology to reduce battery consumption. In 2008 Amazon claimed that the library has grown up to 200.000 entitled SimpleDB: in December 2007, Amazon SimpleDB, a database system which allows for other infrastructure users to use the database system with high confidence and high performance. AmazonFresh: in August 2007, Amazon launched a call one to test online grocery delivery. and since then initiated a number of suburbs of Seattle, Washington. 2008 Amazon MP3: in January 2008, Amazon announced that it will implement its own MP3 Services subsites around the world during the year.[36] on 1 December 2008, Amazon MP3 was made available in the United Kingdom. SoundUnwound: at the beginning of September, IMDB and Amazon.com opened a music metadata browsing site *** * data with input from users who love lloiki.[37] Frustration free packaging: in November, Amazon partnered with manufacturers including Fisher-price, Mattel, Microsoft walketronix the factory display that offers products in minimal packaging. This reduces the environmental impact of packaging and frustration with the opening "clamshell" type security packaging.[38] EC2 for Windows clients: Amazon Web services launched a public beta of Amazon Elastic cloud account running Microsoft Windows Server and Microsoft SQL Server.[39] another historian Connect: Amazon connect enables authors to send their comments on the pages of their book for consumers who have bought their books. WebStore: WebStore allows businesses in the Amazon region by creating e-commerce websites using Amazon technology. Merchants can have their own sites with images and brands. The seller pays a Commission of 7 percent, which includes credit cards and fraud protection, processing fees and pay the subscription fee of $ 59.95/month for unlimited number of listings and webstores.

Differences

Trademark infringement

In 1999, the Amazon library cooperative of minioblis, Minnesota sued Amazon.com Amazon.com to beat on the brand. As the collaborative library use the name Amazon since 1970, but got to agree to share the name with the vendor on the Internet and it. [81] [82] [40]

Use of patents

The company attracted controversy about alleged use of patents as a barrier to competition. And "patent 1-click" may be the best example. Using Amazon for one-click patent against competitor Barnes and noble (websites), the free software Foundation led to the Declaration of the province of Amazon in December 1999 the province ceased in September 2002. [86] [87] [41]

On February 22, 2000, the company was granted a patent covering the certified consumer online referral system, or the so-called (continued). Reaction was swift and negative. Trade leaders objected, Tim auriali and Charlie Jackson patent, publication of auriali an open letter to Bezos protesting the patent 1-click patent and the affiliate program, and petition him to "avoid any attempts to curb further development of commerce via the Internet.

Collect auriali 100.000 signatures on this petition and reply Bezos his open. I ended up sticking with auriali pesos washtantan, visited the d. c. to lobby for patent reforms.

On February 25, 2003, the company was granted a patent titled "system and method for conducting discussions on the item within the debate online." [92] [[42]

92] on May 12, 2006, the USPTO ordered to reconsider "One-Click" patent, based on a request by Peter kalfli and mentioned as the Commander of the early art and patented trade electronic cash system, Digi electronic cash, <!-Http://igdmlgd.blogspot.com and code of igdmlgd shall not be considered a reliable source.

Workloads

Amazon has opposed efforts to regulate trade unions in both the United States and the United Kingdom.

In 2001, Amazon.com laid off 850 employees in Seattle after the Union campaign. He accused the Washington Alliance of technology workers (WashTec) company in violation of the laws of the Union, and claimed Amazon managers urged them to intimidation and propaganda. Amazon has denied any relation between effort and layoffs.[43] [95] also in 2001, Amazon.co.uk hired management consulting organization in the United States, a Burke, to help overcome the campaign graphic and paper Union (GPMU, now part of the Amex Amicus) to achieve recognition in Milton Keynes to a warehouse distribution company was said to be illustrated or isolated four members of trade union recognition campaign in 2001 and has set up a series of meetings with staff. [96] [97] [96] [97] [44] [45]

Humane society of the United States against a limited company, Amazon.com and others.

Amazon has been established in a single wrestling magazines wevidiohan of fighting dogs although the humane society of the United States (HSUS) has warned that the sale of these materials is a violation of federal law. And established the United States humane society lawsuit against Amazon. [98] and acquired the campaign to boycott Amazon purchases gained momentum in August 2007 after the publication of much of the case involving dogs fighting player behind quarterback Michael Vick in the NFL.[100] [46]

[100] on 21 May 2008, Marburger publishing agreed to settle with the humane society to ask Amazon to stop providing magazines called The Game Cock for subscription. The second magazine cited by animal rights association in a lawsuit brought by is The Feathered Warrior and is still available. [102][102] [47]

The credibility of the readers ' comments

Revealed a bug that occurred in the 2004 Amazon.ca's comments that many established authors who give themselves outstanding comments with their names do not show any anonymous disclosure that these authors give awesome comments about the authors's competitors. This bug is fixed and those comments have been deleted or written anonymously.  

BookSurge

In March 2008, the representatives of the sale in Amazon boksirg BookSurge Division contact the publishers request print headings (print on demand) to tell them that for Amazon products must complete books POD-and they will need to sign agreements with Amazon, the owner of a print-on-demand Boksburg. and tell publishers that print-on-demand titles that Amazon will sell POD will be printed by the company, Boksburg. Some publishers felt overrun with abuse. He wondered about the ethics and legality of this step under antitrust law. [106]

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Interference with direct publishers sales

In 2008, in the United Kingdom monetary aamazon for attempting to prevent the publishers direct selling of their own online. Amazon argued they should be able to pay publishers based on price reduction offers on their site instead of the RRP.

The dispute with Hachette for Weaver in United Kingdom Hachette Livre UK

In June 2008 the United Kingdom were Amazon criticism of British society according to its withdrawal from sale of headlines published by Hachette for Weaver in the United Kingdom, it was clear that this withdrawal is aimed at exerting pressure on the Publisher to provide certain levels of discount and described as unreasonable. Curtis Brown/Managing Director Jonathan Lloyd asked The Bookseller magazine (booksellers) said, "I think the entire industry, from publishers and authors and customers behind them 100% Hachette" and someone must draw a line in the sand, that publishers take a 1% per year if in stop?, using authors such as ping to funding is an outrageous [112] [113 [51] [52]

Lawsuits with the State of New York

In 2008, the New York law forcing online sellers to collect sales taxes on shipments to New York State residents. After the signing of the law shortly, Amazon.com filed a complaint to the Supreme Court of New York objected to the law. Did the complainant on the basis of whether they mandate consumers who must pay taxes, but was based on long training for it being the responsibility of the customer to inform the sales taxes (which is known as using aldaraibh in this case) this is not outside the scope of acts of State. The lawsuit was thrown out of court in January 2009 when under judge Supreme Court of the State of New York Elin Princeton that "there is no basis makes Amazon prevail" [118] the lawsuit was thrown out of court in January 2009 when under judge Supreme Court of the State of New York Elin Princeton that "there is no basis makes Amazon prevail"

  

Remove the classification of content, LGBT, women, liberal and sexual

On April 12, 2009 found that some erotic books, homeopathy, and queer, bisexual women's and liberal political have been excluded from the Amazon sales rankings.

He was put on the books and media, "adult content" (including children's books, self-help books, and other stories and fantasy), and as a result the founding authors ' works like any or Forester, and core Vidal and Janet wentrison DH Lawrence understand now unranked.

This change recognizes the first propaganda blog author Mark. R. Probst, which reproduced an email from Amazon customers describing the license removal "adult" content rating.

But Amazon said later he wasn't yoghad license does not remove classification LGBT and blame first the "glitch" and then on "forests and indexing error which affected the 57.310 book.

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Taxes paid

In April 2009, business week BusinessWeek magazine reported that the company Amazon.com is one of the 25 companies in the United States, pay less taxes.

Amazon signed 4.1 annual tax rate, which was much lower than the proportion of companies and 35%, depending on the analysis of the forms of investment company for 2005-2008. According to SEC records, this rate is partly as a result of low tax rates for international affiliates to Amazon dot com

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Delete e-book Kindle Kindle

Template: See also2 in July 2009, the New York Times reported that Amazon.com has deleted all copies of consumer books 1984 and Animal Farm Animal Farm animal farm of torches "Kindles for users.

This action was taken because no preliminary observation does not allow independent users. Consumers received the refund of the purchase price.

 

 

Self-employment by former staff

There are a number of companies have begun to SLM was founded by former workers at Amazon.com.

[57] despite the fact that Amazon employees must sign a non-competition agreement which prohibits the creation of a company with an Amazonian country.

BankBazaar.com was founded by Arjun Shetty, a former product manager at Amazon.com

Hulu is led by Jason Keller, SVP at Amazon.com

Jambool/SocialGold was co-founded the Amazon engineers Vikas Gupta ex weriza Hussein.

TeachStreet was founded by Dave Chapelle, product manager at Amazon.

Trusera was founded by Keith shorish, Amazonian.

Twilio was founded by Jeff Lawson, product manager at Amazon.

Whrrl was founded by Jeff Holden, former SVP at Amazon.com

Wikinvest was founded by Michael Sha.

ZumoDrive founded by David CHOW, a former developer on Amazon