Brad Stone's sequel to The Everything Store — covering Amazon from 2013 to 2021, including AWS's dominance, international expansion, Alexa, Amazon Studios, and the complexities of Bezos's leadership.
Amazon's second act documented: Stone's sequel covers the period when Amazon transformed from retailer to infrastructure provider (AWS becoming the most profitable division), entered entertainment (Amazon Studios), hardware (Echo/Alexa), healthcare, and groceries (Whole Foods acquisition). The book documents Bezos's management more critically than The Everything Store — including his abrasiveness, his romantic life (Post divorce), and the labor conditions that Amazon's growth rested on. The most comprehensive account of Amazon's 2010s expansion.
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