http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/related-46305-amazoncom-inc/topic-rss.do Amazon.com Inc. RSS feed http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/lifestyle/article-23760739-rise-of-the-fantasy-and-fairytale.do Prince Charming's foot fetish and stray wolves in Grandma's bed: Louise Ridley discovers bedtime stories have new bite 2009-10-26T10:27:48Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23760061-online-shoppers-promising-amazon-a-happy-christmas.do Amazon’s UK arm predicted a very happy Christmas as Brits shun the High Street to buy their presents online 2009-10-23T07:23:33Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23758029-it-is-not-londons-posties-who-are-failing-to-deliver.do Lord Mandelson has let it be known he is "beyond anger" (one imagines his condition with a thrill) about the striking postal workers. Royal Mail's managing director says their attitude "beggars belief". The chief executive, Adam Crozier, says industrial action is an "appalling and unjustified attack on customers". Huff, puff. 2009-10-19T07:38:13Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/lifestyle/article-23755423-read-your-phone-book.do Apple's latest top-secret project is a gadget that could finally bring the electronic book to the mass market 2009-10-12T10:32:50Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23754085-royal-mail-must-modernise-or-die.do We shall find out today whether a national postal strike is on the way, perhaps even as early as next Thursday 2009-10-08T08:48:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23753462-revolution-in-reading-as-the-electronic-kindle-arrives.do Amazon has launched an electronic book in Britain in a bid to 'revolutionise' the way people read 2009-10-07T10:50:06Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23745208-dan-brown-novel-is-a-symbol-of-amazons-faith-in-e-books.do 2009-09-17T06:06:20Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23732974-yes-give-me-bad-writers-with-bad-lives.do A literary biography without a sex-Nazi, child-slavery, and/or hamster-rape angle is now dead in the water 2009-08-17T07:13:54Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23727735-guide-to-legal-music-downloads-is-new-rival-for-itunes.do Website offering a guide to cheaper legal music downloads than iTunes is launched 2009-08-04T10:02:14Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23726419-are-the-social-networkers-now-ruining-it-for-apple.do Everyone here is expecting Apple to announce at least one new product in the next month or so, just in time for the end-of-year shopping season. 2009-07-31T06:35:38Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23724242-why-ken-livingstone-felt-city-hall-would-need-a-guide-to-frog-snogging.do City Hall staff ordered a bizarre set of self-help books in the run-up to the mayoral election, it has been revealed 2009-07-27T06:58:09Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23723683-amazon-takes-a-tumble.do Legions of Stephenie Meyer fans could not stop Amazon slumping to a 10% fall in profits 2009-07-24T07:41:20Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/lifestyle/article-23721482-get-ahead-with-the-wow-factor.do To be hard-working but invisible in today's job market is not an option. Only people with the wow factor will get ahead, says Helen Kirwan-Taylor 2009-07-20T07:47:58Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23705952-djs-in-itunes-scam-to-boost-their-royalties.do A group of London-based DJs allegedly used stolen credit cards to buy their own music on iTunes and Amazon in a scam that netted nearly £200,000 in royalties 2009-06-10T13:57:53Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23680471-vampire-love-stories-bat-for-amazon.do A love story with a bite has helped internet giant Amazon to shrug off the recession 2009-04-24T08:53:14Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23672354-amazon-lays-down-29p-download-challenge.do Amazon has sparked an online price war with Apple after dropping the price of its top music downloads to 29p 2009-04-06T13:16:00Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23672013-bluffers-guide-to-the-wire.do It’s tortuous, dark and utterly gripping. As cult series The Wire hits mainstream TV, here’s how you can be in the know about Barack Obama’s favourite show 2009-04-06T08:03:11Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23669661-patients-could-give-ratings-for-their-doctors-performance.do Patients could be invited to rate their doctors under plans to check if GPs are competent 2009-04-01T07:37:35Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/article-23665248-off-the-record-my-pop-odyssey.do It's a strange trip from Animal Collective to Leonard Cohen as David Smyth takes a tour of the new online music recommendation services. 2009-03-20T16:51:11Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23664245-sony-and-google-in-digital-books-tie-up.do Sony has teamed up with Google to fight back against Amazon’s lead in offering digital books through hand-held electronic reading devices 2009-03-19T09:15:01Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23652279-mp-calls-for-rape-game-to-be-banned.do A senior Labour MP said he was "appalled" that a computer game that allows players to simulate stalking and raping women and children on the subway was available for sale on the internet 2009-02-25T09:35:42Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23588351-no-more-wrap-rage-as-amazon-pledges-to-cut-its-packaging.do Amazon has launched a campaign to reduce excessive and annoying packaging in the products they ship out 2008-11-18T09:52:37Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23562950-literary-life.do <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript" src="http://i.thisislondon.co.uk/i/js/image-resizer.js"></script> Celebrity sells at an astonishing rate, yet at its heart the UK still loves a book for itself and London is a great champion of literature. These are the people who keep us reading. 2008-10-02T11:56:41Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23562648-retail.do <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript" src="http://i.thisislondon.co.uk/i/js/image-resizer.js"></script> These are the people who will steer London’s vital retail world through what looks like difficult trading ahead 2008-10-01T14:40:01Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23563066-new-media.do <script language="javascript" type="text/javascript" src="http://i.thisislondon.co.uk/i/js/image-resizer.js"></script> London is one of the greatest digital hotspots outside California's Silicon Valley and these are the people leading the way 2008-10-02T15:50:17Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23552756-yes-this-could-be-a-real-page-turner-for-hmv.do Waterstone's had something of a coup last week, gaining the exclusive rights to launch the Sony eReader — the first true electronic book reader to make it to these shores 2008-09-09T09:25:17Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23542408-call-me-tim-is-dim-when-its-time-for-p45s.do The departure of Tim Parker from City Hall can be seen as a salutary lesson for any business heavyweight fancying their chances at the top of local government 2008-08-21T10:13:30Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/showbiz/article-23524262-life-after-harry-potter-jk-rowling-to-release-a-series-of-fairy-tales.do JK Rowling has announced her first book to hit the shelves since Harry Potter's final outing - a series of fairy tales. 2008-07-31T13:43:31Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23520297-economic-slump-aids-online-trade.do Online retailer Amazon.com has increased sales by more than 40% and doubled quarterly profit, suggesting that the economic slowdown might be, for now at least, benefiting internet traders 2008-07-24T09:08:36Z http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23480101-amazon-brimful-of-confidence-on-30-surge-to-72m.do Amazon.com annouces a 30% rise in first-quarter profits to £72 million 2008-04-24T09:39:21Z