http://dir.salon.com/topics/amazoncom/?source=rss&aim=amazoncom en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Tue, 29 Apr 2008 03:04:00 PDT Andrew Leonard Tue, 29 Apr 2008 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/04/29/amazon_soy/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/04/29/amazon_soy/index.html?source=rss Brazil's soy king does not, repeat, does not, speak for the trees. By Adina Wise Tue, 29 Apr 2008 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2007/12/18/customer_reviews/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2007/12/18/customer_reviews/index.html?source=rss 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 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/current_tv/2007/11/23/farhadmanjoo3/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/current_tv/2007/11/23/farhadmanjoo3/index.html?source=rss Farhad Manjoo ponders Amazon's new e-book reader Andrew Leonard Tue, 29 Apr 2008 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/07/25/dow_future/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/07/25/dow_future/index.html?source=rss A magic quarter for Amazon has investors hoping for a rebound after a dreary Tuesday. Will their futures prophecy come true? By Farhad Manjoo Tue, 29 Apr 2008 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2006/08/09/anderson/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2006/08/09/anderson/index.html?source=rss 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 Katharine Mieszkowski Tue, 29 Apr 2008 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2006/07/24/turks/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2006/07/24/turks/index.html?source=rss 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? Rebecca Traister Tue, 29 Apr 2008 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2005/11/29/ssamdwbtm2/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2005/11/29/ssamdwbtm2/index.html?source=rss Dowd gets blamed for fatherless homes and crime. Plus: Crones and covens and twaddle, oh my! Rebecca Traister Tue, 29 Apr 2008 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2005/11/28/expiration_date/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2005/11/28/expiration_date/index.html?source=rss In our first installment: "Women have expiration dates. Men don't." By Hilmar Schmundt Tue, 29 Apr 2008 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/08/25/digital_books/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/08/25/digital_books/index.html?source=rss 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 Katharine Mieszkowski Tue, 29 Apr 2008 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2005/02/08/43/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2005/02/08/43/index.html?source=rss 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 James Marcus Tue, 29 Apr 2008 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/books/2004/06/14/amazonia_excerpt/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/books/2004/06/14/amazonia_excerpt/index.html?source=rss How a book reviewer went from rags to Amazon riches to slightly better rags. An excerpt from "Amazonia." By Andrew Leonard Tue, 29 Apr 2008 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/books/2004/06/14/amazonia_review/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/books/2004/06/14/amazonia_review/index.html?source=rss 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 Damien Cave Tue, 29 Apr 2008 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/02/15/bountyquest/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/02/15/bountyquest/index.html?source=rss Attempts to fix the intellectual property system from below are faltering. Is it time to bring in the feds? By Elizabeth Manus Tue, 29 Apr 2008 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/10/22/insta_book/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/10/22/insta_book/index.html?source=rss "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 Jeff Sypeck Tue, 29 Apr 2008 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/02/20/relics/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/02/20/relics/index.html?source=rss A one-man crusade against online relic sales is met with unholy indifference. By Katharine Mieszkowski Tue, 29 Apr 2008 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2000/12/07/ecology/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2000/12/07/ecology/index.html?source=rss Is online shopping good for the environment or just a better way to be as wasteful as we want to be? By Salon Technology staff Tue, 29 Apr 2008 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2000/11/15/boo_reborn/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2000/11/15/boo_reborn/index.html?source=rss The rebirth of Boo.com offers new hope to ailing Internet start-ups: Bankruptcy is now the smartest way to build your brand. Tue, 29 Apr 2008 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/letters/daily/2000/09/22/apple_amazon/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/letters/daily/2000/09/22/apple_amazon/index.html?source=rss By Damien Cave By Damien Cave Tue, 29 Apr 2008 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2000/09/20/apple_amazon/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2000/09/20/apple_amazon/index.html?source=rss Since when does a computer maker need to license technology from a retailer like Amazon? By Katharine Mieszkowski Tue, 29 Apr 2008 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2000/09/18/anarchy/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2000/09/18/anarchy/index.html?source=rss The author of the famous do-it-yourself bomb book renounces his creation -- on Amazon. By Steve Bodow Tue, 29 Apr 2008 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/business/col/bodow/2000/07/18/earnings/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/business/col/bodow/2000/07/18/earnings/index.html?source=rss Ah, earnings season: Microsoft, Amazon.com, AOL and Qualcomm fess up with their quarterly report cards. By Diane Seo Tue, 29 Apr 2008 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/business/feature/2000/06/29/amazon/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/business/feature/2000/06/29/amazon/index.html?source=rss With its stock down 66 percent, is Amazon.com still worth the trouble? By Diane Seo Tue, 29 Apr 2008 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/media/log/2000/05/17/barron_s/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/media/log/2000/05/17/barron_s/index.html?source=rss The new-economy business magazines haven't flexed as much muscle as an old-school weekly that still knows how to make the Street go round. Tue, 29 Apr 2008 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/letters/2000/05/03/horowitz/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/letters/2000/05/03/horowitz/index.html?source=rss Are bad reviews part of the anti-Horowitz conspiracy? Plus: Woe is Microsoft; bodybuilders are a stereotype of masculinity. By Damien Cave Tue, 29 Apr 2008 03:04:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2000/03/16/patent/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2000/03/16/patent/index.html?source=rss The Amazon CEO's plan for patent reform is not all new, but it's not all bad, either.