Archive - Amazon Chronicles

A new Amazon Chronicles post!

Would you be willing to support me at my site's new home?

Apr 13, 2022 •

December 2021

Amazon Chronicles on Hiatus

Goodbye for now, friends

Dec 8, 2021 •

November 2021

What Is Amazon Spending Money On?

It’s business costs, sure, but also wages and property

Nov 4, 2021 •

October 2021

Amazon’s Push and Pull With Its Marketplace

Does Amazon need its sellers, or is it the other way around?

Oct 28, 2021 •

Working Backwards: Dave Limp on Amazon’s Six Page Memo

Amazon’s SVP describes how the Devices group moves forward on a product

Oct 12, 2021 •

September 2021

So Many Cameras, in Search of a Vision

Amazon needs a more compelling version of the future

Sep 29, 2021 •

State Lawmakers Want Public and Workers to Know What Amazon’s Up To

New California law regulates Amazon, but also asks the retailer and others to disclose hidden quotas and job rules

Sep 23, 2021 •

What Could E-Bookstores Be Like?

How the Kindle Foreclosed on Other E-Reading Possibilities

Sep 14, 2021 •

Alec MacGillis on Amazon and the Evolution of Work, Part 2

How Amazon affects cities beyond their employment of the workforce; Amazon affects your work even if you don’t work for Amazon

Sep 9, 2021 •

Alec MacGillis on Amazon and the Evolution of Work

The company is a synecdoche for the transformation of labor and inequality

Sep 1, 2021 •

August 2021

A Glimpse of the City

Why wouldn’t the Tolkien Estate want to sell Amazon its older stories?

Aug 27, 2021 •

Tolkien and Amazon’s Fight for a Franchise

The Lord of the Rings prequel is a play for prestige, popularity, and return customers

Aug 24, 2021 •

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