Amazonia: Five Years at the Epicenter of the Dot.com Juggernaut

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Synopsis
A &“funny, contemplative&” memoir of working at Amazon in the early years, when it was a struggling online bookstore (San Francisco Chronicle). In a book that Ian Frazier has called &“a fascinating and sometimes hair-raising morality tale from deep inside the Internet boom,&” James Marcus, hired by Amazon.com in 1996—when the company was so small his e-mail address could be james@amazon.com—looks back at the ecstatic rise, dramatic fall, and remarkable comeback of the consummate symbol of late 1990s America. Observing &“how it was to be in the right place (Seattle) at the right time (the &’90s)&” (Chicago Reader), Marcus offers a ringside seat on everything from his first interview with Jeff Bezos to the company&’s bizarre Nordic-style retreats, in &“a clear-eyed, first-person account, rife with digressions on the larger cultural meaning throughout&” (Henry Alford, Newsday). &“Marcus tells his story with wit and candor.&” —Booklist, starred review
Copyright:
2004

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
322 Pages
ISBN-13:
9781595587220
Related ISBNs:
9781595580245
Publisher:
The New Press
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
James Marcus
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
History, Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs, Computers and Internet, Business and Finance, Communication
Submitted By:
Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.

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