papercuts.blogs.nytimes.com - 11/26/2008
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Amazon.com’s new critical venture, Amazon Vine , is a few months old now – it’s a program in which Amazon sends advance copies of books and other items to selected customers, and then posts their opinions well in advance of a product’s release. I’d never seen Amazon Vine in action until the ...
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amazon.com - 11/26/2008
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amazon.com —
Saving money is just as important as picking
the perfect gift for your loved ones this holiday....
I hope to give you as much detailed information as possible about the best gifts for 2008. The best thing you can do to make sure you pick the perfect ...
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Amazon's Holiday Customer Review Team
i4u.com - 11/28/2008
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i4u.com —
How is it possible that Amazon screws up
again on the Kindle supply? If you would order...
a Kindle ebook reader right now the shipping is estimated to take place in 11-13 weeks, missing December 24th by an eternity. Is Oprah to blame? She ...
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Amazon Kindle sold out again way beyond Christmas
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Amazon.com Tries User-Generated Public Relations
Bits —
Just as Tom Sawyer got his friends to whitewash that fence, Internet companies have been delighted to offer their users the chance to perform many of the tasks they would otherwise have to hire people to do, from making videos to tattling on those who write offensive comments. Now Amazon.com has found a way to offload to users one of the most tedious tasks of the holiday season: answering questions from reporters trying to pad Thanksgiving week newspapers and airwaves with stories about hot products to buy. The company has announced what it calls ...
Bits: Amazon Tries User-Generated P.R.
NYT > Technology —
Just as Tom Sawyer got his friends to whitewash that fence, Internet companies have been delighted to offer their users the chance to perform many of the tasks they would otherwise have to hire people to do, from making videos to tattling on those who write offensive comments. Now Amazon.com has found a way to offload to users one of the most tedious tasks of the holiday season: answering questions from reporters trying to pad Thanksgiving week newspapers and airwaves with stories about hot products to buy. The company has announced what it calls ...
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