Unlike previous weeks of this newsletter, there wasn’t a single dominant storyline about Amazon this week. Except maybe this one: an ongoing thread about disinformation. I like this story because it reminds us that despite all the heavy lifting Amazon does, despite the trucks and boats and shipping containers,

It’s been a month to the day since the first edition of The Amazon Chronicles, starting with my Statement of Purpose on January 27. Since then, Amazon released its quarterly earnings, we explored Amazon’s monopoly/monopsony status across the globe, we revised the “unlocking the commons” freemium incentive

Welcome to a special Orlando, Florida edition of The Amazon Chronicles. First, some housekeeping. This was a happy moment late last night, clearing 5000 total subscribers: A reminder: when we clear 500 paying members (which should happen soon), I’ll start adding original weekly features to go along with the

I say, the bridge is over, the bridge is over, biddy-bye-bye!The bridge is over, the bridge is over, hey, hey!The bridge is over, the bridge is over, biddy-bye-bye!The bridge is over, the bridge is over! — KRS-One, Boogie Down Productions Today, Amazon announced it was shutting down plans

You know, Mr. Bernstein, if I hadn’t been very rich, I might have been a really great man. — Charles Foster Kane Citizen Kane is one of those movies almost everyone has seen, but almost nobody really remembers, at least not in the way they remember The Princess Bride or

When I first started this newsletter, all of a week and a half ago, I had a very simple but unusual plan for how I was going to fund it and build it up. This is what it was: So, here’s the deal. This newsletter—which I’m calling

Welcome back to the Amazon Chronicles, your weekly update on all things Amazon. We have more than five hundred new readers this week! Thank you all for spreading the word. And a very special thank you to my 386 paying subscribers, who make the newsletter free for everybody. You are

Amazon announced its first-quarter earnings today. If you want to read the company’s release yourself, check it out here. There are also capable summaries and analysis here, here, and here. I’m going to try to do something a little different. I have an unusual education for a technology