One dedicated online shopper explains why she's having a hard time making purchases this holiday season. It's not the prices. It's all those pesky customer reviews
By Adina Wise Dec 18, 2007
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Barnes & Noble introduces its Kindle killer... Please don't snicker
By Andrew Leonard
October 20, 2009
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Documentarian Joe Berlinger on the amazing Amazon pollution case in "Crude" -- and its link to the West Memphis 3
By Andrew O'Hehir
September 10, 2009
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Outrage ensues after several LGBT titles mysteriously lose their site rankings. The company blames a "glitch," but not everyone's buying it.
By Sarah Hepola
April 13, 2009
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By Kevin Kelleher
January 19, 2009
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By Chris Albrecht
January 13, 2009
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By Stacey Higginbotham
January 9, 2009
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By Chris Albrecht
January 4, 2009
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Brazil's soy king does not, repeat, does not, speak for the trees.
By Andrew Leonard
April 29, 2008
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Farhad Manjoo ponders Amazon's new e-book reader
November 23, 2007
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A magic quarter for Amazon has investors hoping for a rebound after a dreary Tuesday. Will their futures prophecy come true?
By Andrew Leonard
July 25, 2007
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New-business geeks are hailing Wired editor Chris Anderson for his sexy "long tail" theory of cultural consumption. But is his book for us or CEOs?
By Farhad Manjoo
August 9, 2006
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On Amazon Mechanical Turk, thousands of people are happily being paid pennies to do mind-numbing work. Is it a boon for the bored or a virtual sweatshop?
By Katharine Mieszkowski
July 24, 2006
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Dowd gets blamed for fatherless homes and crime. Plus: Crones and covens and twaddle, oh my!
By Rebecca Traister
November 29, 2005
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In our first installment: "Women have expiration dates. Men don't."
By Rebecca Traister
November 28, 2005
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American Goliaths like Google and Amazon are quickly cornering the digital book market. Will online libraries doom the scholars and small presses of old Europe?
By Hilmar Schmundt
August 25, 2005
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Why does the Web's biggest retailer want you to confide your hopes, dreams and aspirations to a Web site called 43 Things? It's not telling.
By Katharine Mieszkowski
February 8, 2005
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James Marcus' exquisitely written tale of five turbulent years at Amazon is exactly what the dot-com retailer's roller-coaster tale deserves: A good book.
By Andrew Leonard
June 14, 2004
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How a book reviewer went from rags to Amazon riches to slightly better rags. An excerpt from "Amazonia."
By James Marcus
June 14, 2004
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Attempts to fix the intellectual property system from below are faltering. Is it time to bring in the feds?
By Damien Cave
February 15, 2002
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"9/11 8:48" -- the first book published about the terrorist attacks -- was print-on-demand. So why wasn't it available everywhere, immediately?
By Elizabeth Manus
October 22, 2001
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A one-man crusade against online relic sales is met with unholy indifference.
By Jeff Sypeck
February 20, 2001
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Is online shopping good for the environment or just a better way to be as wasteful as we want to be?
By Katharine Mieszkowski
December 7, 2000
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The rebirth of Boo.com offers new hope to ailing Internet start-ups: Bankruptcy is now the smartest way to build your brand.
By Salon Technology staff
November 15, 2000
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