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  • Amazon Founded by Jeff Bezos

    Amazon Founded by Jeff Bezos
    Amazon started as an online bookstore and was founded by Jeff Bezos.
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    A brief overview of the company Amazon.com
  • First Sale on Amazon.com

    First Sale on Amazon.com
    The first sale was: Douglas Hofstadter's Fluid Concepts and Creative Analogies: Computer Models of the Fundamental Mechanisms of Thought
  • Barnes and Noble filed a lawsuit on Amazon

    Barnes and Noble filed a lawsuit on Amazon
    Amazon claimed they were the worlds largest bookstore, but Barnes and Noble claimed they weren't a bookstore at all. Thus resulting in a lawsuit.
  • Amazon aquires PlanetAll.com

    Amazon aquires PlanetAll.com
    PlanetAll was a social networking, calendaring, and address book site which launched in November 1996.
    Amazon purchased the site on August, 4, 1998
    2 years later Amazon shut down the site and stated "We are pleased to announce that we have completed the integration of the key e-commerce related features of PlanetAll.com into our main site at Amazon.com"
  • Amazon launches their first international sites

    Amazon launches their first international sites
    Amazon launches their first international websites, amazon.co.uk (UK) , and amazon.de (Germany)
  • Amazon aquires Bookpages.co.uk

    Amazon aquires Bookpages.co.uk which became Amazon UK.
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  • Amazon aquires IMDb

    Amazon aquires IMDb
    In 1999 Amazon aquired the Internet Movie Database. The site is still up today and is the worlds, largest online movie database. More Information
  • Amazon allows third party retailers to sell on Amazon

    Amazon allows third party retailers to sell on Amazon
    Amazon starts to let third party retailers to sell on Amazon's websites!
  • Amazon launches Amazon Web Services

    Amazon launches Amazon Web Services
    Amazon launches Amazon Web Services
  • Amazon Kindle is released!

    Amazon Kindle is released!
    The first E-Reader from Amazon is released! The Amazon Kindle!
  • Kindle Fever

    Kindle Fever
    Amazon announces that the Kindle is their best selling product!
  • Amazon launches Kindle iTunes App

    Amazon launches Kindle iTunes App
    Amazon launches the Kindle app for iTunes. Allowing consumers to read books on their iPhone's, and iPod's.
  • Read Anywhere with Anything!

    Read Anywhere with Anything!
    Amazon launches Kindle apps for your Mac, Blackberry, and iPad.
  • Still Growing!

    Still Growing!
    Amazon is still growing! Offering new and updated Kindles as well as Tablets, they haven't entered the smartphone race yet but expect a kindle phone! It will probably be a while til Amazon falls, but what goes up must come down.