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The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon Hardcover – Oct. 15 2013

by Brad Stone (Author)
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The definitive story of Amazon.com, one of the most successful companies in the world, and of its driven, brilliant founder, Jeff Bezos.

Amazon.com started off delivering books through the mail. But its visionary founder, Jeff Bezos, wasn't content with being a bookseller. He wanted Amazon to become the everything store, offering limitless selection and seductive convenience at disruptively low prices. To do so, he developed a corporate culture of relentless ambition and secrecy that's never been cracked. Until now. Brad Stone enjoyed unprecedented access to current and former Amazon employees and Bezos family members, giving readers the first in-depth, fly-on-the-wall account of life at Amazon. Compared to tech's other elite innovators--Jobs, Gates, Zuckerberg--Bezos is a private man. But he stands out for his restless pursuit of new markets, leading Amazon into risky new ventures like the Kindle and cloud computing, and transforming retail in the same way Henry Ford revolutionized manufacturing.

THE EVERYTHING STORE will be the revealing, definitive biography of the company that placed one of the first and largest bets on the Internet and forever changed the way we shop and read.
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    English
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    Little, Brown and Company
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    Oct. 15 2013
  5. Dimensions
    16.51 x 3.81 x 24.64 cm
  6. ISBN-10
    0316219266
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0316219266
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  1. Bezos’s counterintuitive point was that coordination among employees wasted time, and that the people closest to problems were usually in the best position to solve them.
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Winner of the 2013 Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award

Chosen as aBest Book of 2013 by The Washington Post, Forbes, The New Republic, and Gizmodo, and as one of the Top 10 Investigative Journalism Books of 2013 by Nieman Reports

^"Mr. Stone tells this story with authority and verve, and lots of well-informed reporting.... A dynamic portrait of the driven and demanding Mr. Bezos." -- Michiko Kakutani, New York Times^"Engrossing.... Stone's long tenure covering both Bezos and Amazon gives his retelling a sureness that keeps the story moving swiftly." -- New York Times Book Review^"Jeff Bezos is one of the most visionary, focused, and tenacious innovators of our era, and like Steve Jobs he transforms and invents industries. Brad Stone captures his passion and brilliance in this well-reported and compelling narrative." -- Walter Isaacson, author of Steve Jobs^"Stone's account moves swiftly and surely." -- New York Times Book Review, "Editor's Choice"^"The Everything Store is a revelatory read for everyone--those selling and those sold to--who wants to understand the dynamics of the new digital economy. If you've ever one-clicked a purchase, you must read this book." -- Steven Levy, author of Hackers and In the Plex^"A deeply reported and deftly written book.... Like Steven Levy's "In the Plex: How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives," and "Gates: How Microsoft's Mogul Reinvented an Industry -- and Made Himself the Richest Man in America" by Stephen Manes and Paul Andrews, it is the definitive account of how a tech icon came to life." -- Seattle Times^"Stone's book, at last, gives us a Bezos biography that can fit proudly on a shelf next to the best chronicles of America's other landmark capitalists." -- Forbes^"A rich chronicle of Bezos and his company." -- The New Yorker^"Stone's tale of the birth, near-death, and impressive revival of an iconic American company is well worth your time." -- Matthew Yglesias, Slate^"An engaging and fascinating read.... An excellent chronicle of Amazon's rise.... A gift for entrepreneurs and business builders of the new generation." -- Business Insider^"Outstanding.... An authoritative, deeply reported, scoopalicious, nuanced, and balanced take that pulls absolutely no punches." -- Adam Lashinsky, Fortune^"Fair-minded, virtually up-to-the-minute history of the retail and technology behemoth and the prodigious brain behind it.... Stone's inside knowledge of a company ordinarily stingy with information is evident throughout the book.... Stone presents a nuanced portrait of the entrepreneur, especially as he sketches in Bezos' unusual family history and a surprising turn it took during the writing of the book. His reporting on the Kindle's disruption of traditional publishing makes for riveting reading. A must-add to any business bookshelf." -- Kirkus^"Brad Stone has done a remarkable job in The Everything Store, in a way that Bezos would appreciate...." -- The Financial Times^"An immersive play-by-play of the company's ascent.... It's hard to imagine a better retelling of the Amazon origin story." -- The New Republic^"The meticulously reported book has plenty of gems for anyone who cares about Amazon, Jeff Bezos, entrepreneurship, leadership just the lunacy it took to build a company in less than two decades that now employs almost 90,000 people and sold $61 billion worth of, well, almost everything last year." -- Washington Post^"Stone has broken new ground, demonstrating the massive influence Amazon exercises not only in the retail sector, but also throughout society, including government regulation or the lack of it." -- Neiman Reports^"Offers absorbing management insights... Insiders will get a serious glimpse at an industry behemoth." -- San Francisco Chronicle^"The best business book of the year.... The Everything Store provides extraordinary access to one of the great business stories of this or any other time." -- Michael Levin, The Huffington Post

^"A tome that paints a fascinating picture of a remarkable tech entrepreneur." -- The Economist^"Illuminating." -- Salon^"Stone's shoe-leather reporting is what makes the book stand out." -- GeekWire^"As fine a profile of a secretive, fast-growing company as you are likely to encounter." -- Michael Moritz, Chairman, Sequoia Capital, LinkedIn.com

About the Author

Brad Stone has covered Amazon and technology in Silicon Valley for over 14 years, for publications such as Newsweek and the New York Times. He is currently a senior writer for Bloomberg Businessweek and lives in San Francisco, California.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Little, Brown and Company; American First edition (Oct. 15 2013)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 384 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0316219266
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0316219266
  • Item weight ‏ : ‎ 508 g
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 16.51 x 3.81 x 24.64 cm
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Brad Stone is senior executive editor for global technology at Bloomberg News and the author of Amazon Unbound: Jeff Bezos and the Invention of a Global Empire. The book, to be published in May 2021, continues the story that he began with The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon, a New York Times bestseller that won the 2013 Business Book of the Year Award from the Financial Times and Goldman Sachs and has been translated into more than 35 languages. He is also the author of The Upstarts: Uber, Airbnb, and the Battle for the New Silicon Valley. He is a twin, and the father of twins, and lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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Michael Kurkdjian
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Book, great read and informative 5 Stars!
Reviewed in Canada on January 21, 2014
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Been a huge fan of Amazon for a long time. Their fantastic customer service and unbelievable value for the customers is bar none the best value that I have seen from any company since I became a customer in the late 90s. Such a joy compared to the hassle of dealing with retail shopping. This book explains a bit of how that has happened with the Focus of Jeff Bezos and his goal of returning value to his paying customers. Loved reading the book since I learned so much more about the company , and the contributions of Jeff Bezos to technology (web 2.0 , Cloud computing, Affiliate marketing, 1 Click shopping,…) An excellent read. Really enjoyed it, could not put it down until I finished it.
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PETEYG
4.0 out of 5 stars a good read
Reviewed in Canada on December 7, 2013
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not having known anything about Bezos, I found it illuminating and informative.One thing I learned, I wouldn't like to work for or under Bezos and I'm self employed. He has a vision but unfortunately it's on the backs of people. The book is worth the money
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Doug H
5.0 out of 5 stars Amazon is too powerful to not know its history
Reviewed in Canada on April 29, 2024
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Amazon is such a dominant company that its users need to understand its origins and its modus operandi.
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Snow White
5.0 out of 5 stars Exceptional and engaging
Reviewed in Canada on May 5, 2022
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The beginning and inception of the online store. Except nothing sugested of how the onlinestore was set-up the software and how it was done. I guess this is the secret sauce for everyone wanted to start their own bussiness. Where to go and find your way. I wish that was told from the mouth of Jeff Bezos to help everyone to start.
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J. M. Ricke
4.0 out of 5 stars Thats customer focused
Reviewed in Canada on January 2, 2020
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well written & inspiring. If you want to build a customer focused company, here is the recipe. It was a little short on the beginnings, but I guess he made his money as a banker.
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Amazon Customer
5.0 out of 5 stars Interesting to see the evolution
Reviewed in Canada on February 7, 2022
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Well written. Informative and a good summary of the very recent history on the giant. Was hoping for a few more "ah ha!" revelations to extrapolate outside of Bezos being a genius..... but guess they can't give away all the secrets :)
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Joshua C
3.0 out of 5 stars Very slow but also very interesting.
Reviewed in Canada on August 26, 2020
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Very well written. A bit slow, some chapters could have been shrunk down to 20 pages, not 30. Very detailed, I feel like I know more behind the man. Although it was a VERY slow read, I thought I got a great insight into the company, and the man who created this forum and the wickedness Amazon will use to make sure they are above the competition. I would have given it the extra two stars but reading some chapters were too long for my liking and it dragged on the same point. I also didn’t like how his growing up story was on chapter 4 and not at the start.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great read!
Reviewed in Canada on March 27, 2020
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The only thing to note is that this book was written in 2013, so gives great insight into Amazon's journey up to that point, but does not dig into the last 7 years (which have been some of the most epic). Don't let that deter you, but just be aware :)
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Humberto
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book great story
Reviewed in Mexico on March 27, 2023
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Love the story behind amazon
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Tim
5.0 out of 5 stars Jeff Bezos
Reviewed in Sweden on April 13, 2023
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Väldigt intressant läsning. Jeff är verkligen en otrolig entreprenör
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Alvaro Dominguez
5.0 out of 5 stars Really interested
Reviewed in Spain on August 29, 2023
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How the Amazon enterprise begin
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R de Bulat
5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderfully informative and readable
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 21, 2019
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Some, but not all books, allow you to inhabit them and, at least while you are reading them, they become a part of your life; I can think of a few books like this and they are the ones that linger, that you return to, sometimes again and again. Certainly this book at a little over 400 pages takes some time to read, if, as I do, you read a little each evening before turning-in for the night, so I was slightly disappointed to have finished it. The story which covers the early genesis of what becomes Amazon, covers the early years and thereafter up to 2013, although I cannot imaging a sequel adding much to what has already been written, which is deep, extensive and in-glossed in its coverage of the ups and down of the Amazon journey. Jeff Bezos, the chief architect and principal character does not actually develop in a way that you could say that reading the book, you now know the man, but he is intrinsically bound up in the story and the edifice that is Amazon; the two are inseparable and give character, each to the other. Many people, other than Jeff inhabit the story and play their parts in the creation of the everything store and they come and go, for many reasons, not least exhaustion, but this account as everything and everyone becomes subsumed by the ethics that drive the inexorable rise of a monolith: is that the right word? Probably not; Amazon does not exclude the possibility of other such stores entering the market place, but the disruptive quality of the enterprise makes it seem unassailable, for not anyway. In the end, this is an interesting account of how a business develops, against all odds, due to the single-mindedness and resilience of one man, supported by an array of others, men and women, who for a while take part in the unfolding story. It is an account of how to do it and how to do it well, but also why you need a person of extraordinary grit and almost supra-human resolve. The book is amazing; it does justice to the character of Jeff Bezos, without over eulogising or ignoring his failures: read it.
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Vijay Sood
5.0 out of 5 stars Flow with the Amazon in this book!
Reviewed in India on October 15, 2018
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Finally, I completed reading this book and I must say that the author has followed the Amazon journey very deeply. I cannot say that the book was entirely focused upon Jeff Bezos and the Amazon company, but it gives you insights about the important changes that took places in the dot com era. It clearly shows the effects of ignoring innovation. Amazon fought really hard during the tough years of depression and you can thank to Jeff's long sight vision for this accomplishment.

From Amazon, we can understand the importance of caring about your customers in true sense. Throughout Amazon's journey, they are having single motto of giving the best prices and experience to their customers. And, in order to achieve this, they can fight the world.

One of the important lesson that I learnt was that you create your own destiny. Jeff's biological father was not successful in life but on the other hand Jeff has excelled amazingly in his field. So, we should never blame our genes or the family for what we are.

Amazon started right from the Garage with 3-4 people and rose to multi billion business. A lot can be learnt from Jeff's personality too. He is able to balance his personal and professional life perfectly. And, in his life, his mother and wife has been supportive, always.

Vocab is used nicely through the book and I was able to learn a lot of new words for sure. This is a true masterpiece for all.

thanks!
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Vijay Sood
5.0 out of 5 stars Flow with the Amazon in this book!
Reviewed in India on October 15, 2018
Finally, I completed reading this book and I must say that the author has followed the Amazon journey very deeply. I cannot say that the book was entirely focused upon Jeff Bezos and the Amazon company, but it gives you insights about the important changes that took places in the dot com era. It clearly shows the effects of ignoring innovation. Amazon fought really hard during the tough years of depression and you can thank to Jeff's long sight vision for this accomplishment.

From Amazon, we can understand the importance of caring about your customers in true sense. Throughout Amazon's journey, they are having single motto of giving the best prices and experience to their customers. And, in order to achieve this, they can fight the world.

One of the important lesson that I learnt was that you create your own destiny. Jeff's biological father was not successful in life but on the other hand Jeff has excelled amazingly in his field. So, we should never blame our genes or the family for what we are.

Amazon started right from the Garage with 3-4 people and rose to multi billion business. A lot can be learnt from Jeff's personality too. He is able to balance his personal and professional life perfectly. And, in his life, his mother and wife has been supportive, always.

Vocab is used nicely through the book and I was able to learn a lot of new words for sure. This is a true masterpiece for all.

thanks!
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