“My devices try to reach Amazon via 3,800 different IP
addresses, which suggests that there are a lot of different apps and websites
attempting to connect to Amazon throughout the week.”
posted Tuesday, January 14, 2020, 8:21:46pm PST
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Also
“To most consumers, Prime looks like a lovely convenience offering free
shipping, and it’s hard to find better prices elsewhere. But the reason you
can’t find better prices isn’t because Amazon sells stuff cheap, but because it
forces everyone else to sell stuff at higher prices.”
“There are now nine women in the preppers’ group chat, soliciting advice and
swapping tips on how to best package goods for Amazon. … [E]very day Roundup
[Montana] receives 3,000 to 4,000 Amazon-bound packages — about double the
number of people who actually live there.”
Josh Dzieza ,
The Everything Town in the Middle of Nowhere
(The Verge ,
November 14, 2019 )
“Amazon imprint Thomas & Mercer publishes mysteries, thrillers, and true crime
novels; Little A handles literary fiction and nonfiction; AmazonCrossing is
responsible for translated texts; 47North does science fiction and fantasy;
Skyscape is for teen and young adult books; there’s Two Lions for children’s
books….”
Paris Martineau and Louise Matsakis ,
Why It’s Hard to Escape Amazon’s Long Reach
(Wired ,
December 23, 2018 )
posted 1/13/2020 10:36pm ∞