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The Everything Store

Disciplines:
history of science/technology history
biography/corporate biography
journalism/business journalism

Summary

Brad Stone's 2013 narrative history of Amazon from Jeff Bezos's founding through the company's transformation into a global technology giant, widely used as the primary source on Amazon's early history.

Core Contribution

Provided the most comprehensive and authoritative account of Amazon's founding, culture, and competitive practices — including the controversial tactics against publishers and competitors — making it the essential research text for anyone studying the company.

Historical Influences

Brad Stone

Intellectual Lineage

Business Biography Tradition Technology Journalism Narrative Nonfiction

Allied Works

Amazon Unbound The Upstarts In the Plex No Filter

Contemporaries & Peers

The Innovators In the Plex No FilterSuper Pumped

Minds Influenced

No recorded minds influenced.

Intellectual Posterity

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