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22 Nov 7:01 pm
Monkey Cage points out that the Amazon reviews of Going Rogue are pretty much either five star or one star. So far so good, although the next question would be: how many of
either side have actually read it?
3 Aug 3:43 pm
... of their copies of 1984 violated these promises. The plaintiffs have alleged several legal theories against Amazon.com, including breach of the Terms of Use, damaging the
plaintiffs' computers in violation of CFAA, trespass to chattels (the plaintiffs' ... also contain the standard, unilateral right to amendment clause. Depending on how it carried out
the recall of the Orwell books, Amazon.com might attempt to rely on this clause as well. Fn5 Among the more Orwellian terms included in Amazon.com's ...
4 Jun, 2008 2:52 pm
... being paid. More Difficult Removal: Where the process for reporting spam bloggers to Adsense is well-known, the process for reporting to Amazon is less clear. Given the
nature of spammers to constantly seek out new methods and techniques, it was ... puzzle and the need for cooperation to really make any progress on spam. I was speaking exactly of this
type of cooperation. Amazon is a potential weak spot in the fight against spam. The service already has known weaknesses against affiliate hijacking ...
29 Sep 3:59 pm
... Washington by two affected Kindle customers. The class action complaint alleged several legal theories against Amazon, including breach of the terms of use for the Kindle
device, damage to the plaintiffs' computers in violation of CFAA, trespass ... from Kindle devices purchased or being used in the U.S. That's a big mouthful. However, from my visit to
the Amazon.com site this afternoon, it appears that this language is still included in the current terms of service for the Kindle. So this appears ...
1 Jul 10:58 am
... additional information may be obtained from the Performance Marketing Alliance at http://www.performancemarketingalliance.com/ . We thank you for being part of the Amazon
Associates program, and we will apprise you of the General Assembly's action on this matter. Unconstitutional ... down, just as New York held its ground. The online retailer maintains
that the tax is constitutional. It's interesting that Amazon.com has chosen to argue that it isn't constitutional in the media but so far as I know, ...
15 May 10:40 am
... is a bank account, a tax ID and a few images of the site. The only thing that would prevent this misuse is Amazon's approval process. However, as TechCrunch pointed out, even
when a blog was officially registered, the approval process sometimes let ... a top-tier blog. However, that doesn't make it any less annoying or potentially dangerous, especially if
Amazon begins to slack off on its enforcement. In the meantime, I think the more annoying things about the Kindle for Blogs system is that it can ...
15 Jun 7:47 am
... need a backup service that actually stores your data indefinitely at an off-site location, Amazon's S3 service may be your best bet. The only negative aspect of the ... the
S3 service all the time with paid software such as JungleDisk. In fact, Dropbox uses Amazon's S3 service to backup and transfer all of its customer's data, and ... . JungleDisk
costs $2 per month on top of the monthly storage fees included in the price of an Amazon S3 subscription. So 100GB of (actual) storage space would cost you $15 ...
9 Feb, 2007 9:41 am
... Society that attempt to shut down the purveyors of dogfighting and cockfighting. Proposition #2: I think it's disgusting that Amazon carries magazines and videos supporting
the dogfighting and cockfighting "industry." If I owned Amazon, I ... with respect to the videos, these appear to be merchant listings delivered directly from the merchant to the
buyer. It appears that Amazon is just the cheese in the sandwich, much like eBay. Therefore, I think it would be disingenuous to characterize Amazon as ...
25 Jun, 2007 8:40 am
... issues that have worried many librarians -- and that have prompted publishers to sue Google for copyright infringement. The books Amazon will offer will include many rare
volumes -- some that are hundreds of years old and others that are too brittle ... could capture the records and perhaps even the text. 2) By working with limited collections at only a
handful of libraries, Amazon could be more careful with its process and its rhetoric. There will be no ridiculous claims of "the universal library" ...
19 Nov, 2007 8:27 am
... single biggest reason that I have never purchased an eBook of any kind is the the cost. With few exceptions, the price for eBooks on Amazon in the past were the same as
buying the item in print. Isn't one of the biggest selling points of eBooks supposed to ... ugly side, but still innovative, particularly for providing book shopping and downloading
directly on the device. Even if Amazon opted for a notoriously unreliable wireless carrier like Sprint, at least they have a wireless carrier. Your move, ...
16 Mar 5:28 pm
... editions is depressingly limited. Remember how the Authors Guild was accused of insensitivity to blind people? Well it turns out that Amazon.com has gone out of its way to
prevent people with vision impairments from reading books in large font sizes on ... low level employee, not executive management, but the foundation's repeated attempts to contact
someone with authority at Amazon have been unfruitful, mostly due to the completely closed nature of the company. I am writing about this on Teleread ...
2 May, 2007 10:16 am
... , dealing with data centers, implementing load balancing solutions, and dealing with growth issues. With these issues being handled by Amazons Web Services, small companies
are able to focus more of their time on their product's unique features instead of ... and sharing notes on life in Seattle (Matt's from Phoenix), Matt gave me the thumbs on seeking
assistance from Amazon when needed. Guess there's advantages being in Seattle versus Montana or Wisconsin. ;) Technorati Tags: Amazon Web Services
27 Dec, 2008 10:14 am
... Update: In response to some comments below about independent sellers, one of the great things about Amazon is that it lists the prices at third party sellers and provides
direct links to get ... stay in business and maintain employees. Examples of sellers I've bought from through Amazon and been quite pleased with are One Call in Seattle, J&R
... Electronics in New York and numerous independent booksellers. In other words, Amazon isn't taking jobs away from other companies but helping those companies ...
20 Jul 5:48 am
... of George Orwell's 1984 and Animal Farm discovered last week that Amazon had simply deleted those books from their Kindles. No one seems to ... considered a reason the Kindle
is better than competing ebook readers. But did Amazon have the contractual right to do what it did? The first thing to note is that you don't ... agreement can be amended at any
time without even any notice to you. Amazon may simply argue that its recall of the books was an amendment of the agreement. Second, what are you going to ...
14 Jul, 2007 7:58 am
... Text Link Ads. I naturally focused on the programs that were actually bearing fruit. Consequently, I neglected Amazon Associates. But a couple weeks ago I actually got an
earnings summary from ... , AdSense is now earning over $100 per month. It's time to make Amazon do the same. The first step I've taken is to edit some old posts and ... .
Hopefully it will provide more information to readers and create extra gateways into Amazon for placing orders. The point here is just not to give up on programs just ...
27 Oct, 2008 4:06 pm
... celebrity would give the nod to the device was sparked by a 24-second video ad on the Amazon home page. The ad said Winfrey would discuss on her show a gadget ... ad ran
directly above a promotion for the Kindle. On her show, Winfrey, who was joined by Amazon founder and chief executive Jeff Bezos, said that although the Kindle was pricy ... last
person who bought a kindle also purchased!) // --> Related articles by Zemanta Amazon Kindle deal: $309 this week with code Oprah comes out for Kindle Oprah ...
23 Mar 1:06 am
This site is now hosted on Amazon Web Services EC2. It's a very difficult system to get running for something as simple as a blog, but it's virtually limitless in potential (I am
literally running on the same infrastructure as amazon.com now). The load times should be higher and the latency should be lower. I liked 1&1 as a webhost a lot, but for the
price, they just weren't giving me enough cycles. Share it: Hide Sites
18 Jul 7:54 am
... 's more from Ars Technica: Ars Technica has learned that this was more serious than a publisher flippantly changing course. Accusations that Amazon had caved to the powerful
meanderings of a "major publisher" were far off the mark, although the cause is still unsettling. As it turns out, the books in question were being sold by Amazon despite being
unauthorized copies. The works weren't legit. It was all copywrong. In other words, Amazon was selling bad books. ...
8 Sep, 2006 8:27 am
... Although this is video on demand, you need to plan your demand a day in advance. Amazon estimates that it will take more than seven hours to download a two hour movie ... use
a special device to hook up your iPod with your stereo system. Amazon's solution to the where-to-watch problem is a bunch of cables: hook your computer up ... download markets
and we should be delighted with entry by a sophisticated player like Amazon. The service will only get better. Next week, I will lay out some of the features ...
18 Dec, 2006 6:43 am
... Amazon customer (I bought my first book in 09/21/96), I appreciate the fact that Amazon limited this promotion to existing customers. So I think this was a very smart
business decision on ... 12-13-blame-nintendo.html">Nintendo continues to generate ill-will. Here's Amazon said about their decision: Why can't I sign up with a brand-new
account? ... friends, but keep the old / One is silver, and the other's gold.") According to Amazon, my odds are 1 in 28 that I'll get a chance to buy a Nintendo Wii. ...
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