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Amazon is the ultimate bookstore, providing books that are seemingly out of print on the high street. The second hand or re-sell options is a bonus too, allowing readers to sell on their items once finished with or to buy a cheaper versions. The reviews of individual items could be more comprehensive, as sometimes the summary/review is left to customers to provide (more)
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Amazon ... created "channels" to benefit certain causes. In 2004, Amazon's "Presidential Candidates" allowed customers to donate US$5-200 to the campaigns of 2004 U.S. presidential hopefuls. Amazon has periodically reactivated a Red Cross donation channel after such tragedies as 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina. After the 2004 earthquake and tsunami in the Indian Ocean, Amazon set up an online donation channel to the American Red Cross, waiving its processing fee. As of January 2005, over 162,000 individuals had donated over US$13.1 million.
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The project will be spearheaded by CustomFlix, which will bring as many as 1,000 feature-length independent films to Amazon customers using the CustomFlix DVD on Demand technology, which produces and ships DVDs only as they are ordered. This model greatly improves the cost structure for independent filmmakers by eliminating the need for costly inventory.
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Avetti Commerce 7 has been optimized for Amazon's new EC2 service. Combined with open source infrastructure retailers can create ecommerce websites that scale up or down automatically eliminating the need to pre- purchase costly infrastructure to match peak demand. Instead retailers can rent EC2 servers for 10 cents an hour to cover their base demand and scale up only when customers are there -- providing significant savings.
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With this innovative new service, you send inventory directly to Amazon where it is stored and managed in a secure, climate controlled facility. When orders are received, Amazon will professionally pick, pack and ship the product direct to your customer.
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Union leaders said in interviews yesterday that their organizing drive was going somewhat worse than they had expected largely because of the unexpected aggressiveness of Amazon's anti-union efforts. Over the last two weeks, managers have held a half-dozen "all hands" meetings for customer service workers in Seattle, where managers have argued how unionizing would be bad for Amazon.
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