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Fulfillment: Winning and Losing in One-Click America
by Alec MacGillis, Stefan Alexander MacGillis
I read about this book in Wired and Ironically bought it on Amazon. With the continued conversations (and evidence) of the Wealth gap in America, I was interested to see the meteoric rise of Amazon. Having visited Seattle a couple years ago (and biking around the whole city) it was evident how extreme this gap has become.
Don't get me wrong, this book does only really tell one side of the story, but it is worth reading if your curious about how those books get to you within 2 days.....and the explanation on why they sometimes just go missing. The author does an amazing job explaining the back story of each "Amazon expansion" area, and how they took advantage of the infrastructure there. The only reason I gave this a 4 vs a 5 was I would have liked to hear more investigating from Amazon's side.
Don't get me wrong, this book does only really tell one side of the story, but it is worth reading if your curious about how those books get to you within 2 days.....and the explanation on why they sometimes just go missing. The author does an amazing job explaining the back story of each "Amazon expansion" area, and how they took advantage of the infrastructure there. The only reason I gave this a 4 vs a 5 was I would have liked to hear more investigating from Amazon's side.