Amazonia by James Marcus
James Marcus provides an insider view of the rise and stumble of a dot.com giant. Formerly senior editor at Amazon.com, he tells how the company rose from 50 employees in 1996 to become an 8,000 strong multi-national by 2001, and how this confident growth was affected by the bursting of the dot.com bubble.
"As fine a guide to the late 1990s world of Pioneer Square and Pike Street as we are likely to see" —The Weekly Standard
"Funny, contemplative . . . a memoir that generates frequent smiles of recognition." —San Francisco Chronicle
"The most entertaining memoir I’ve read this year." —Carlin Romano, The Philadelphia Inquirer
"Marcus is a graceful writer with an eye for detail." —The Boston Globe
"Should win over even the most jaded dot-com vets with [its] swift, clever, and intelligent rendering of their history." —Seattle Weekly
"Funny, contemplative . . . a memoir that generates frequent smiles of recognition." —San Francisco Chronicle
"The most entertaining memoir I’ve read this year." —Carlin Romano, The Philadelphia Inquirer
"Marcus is a graceful writer with an eye for detail." —The Boston Globe
"Should win over even the most jaded dot-com vets with [its] swift, clever, and intelligent rendering of their history." —Seattle Weekly
James Marcus was employed as Senior Editor at Amazon from 1996 to 2001. The executive editor of Harper’s and an award-winning translator, he has written for the Atlantic Monthly, the Village Voice, the New York Times Book Review, the Washington Post Book World, the New York Review of Books, Lingua Franca, and many other publications. He lives in New York City.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781565848702 |
| ISBN 10 | 1565848705 |
| Title | Amazonia |
| Author | James Marcus |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | The New Press |
| Year published | 2005-11-01 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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