{"product_id":"amazonia-9781595580245","title":"Amazonia","description":"\u003cb\u003eA “funny, contemplative” memoir of working at Amazon in the early years, when it was a struggling online bookstore (\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e In a book that Ian Frazier has called “a fascinating and sometimes hair-raising morality tale from deep inside the Internet boom,” James Marcus, hired by Amazon.com in 1996—when the company was so small his e-mail address could be james@amazon.com—looks back at the ecstatic rise, dramatic fall, and remarkable comeback of the consummate symbol of late 1990s America.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Observing “how it was to be in the right place (Seattle) at the right time (the ’90s)” (\u003ci\u003eChicago Reader\u003c\/i\u003e), Marcus offers a ringside seat on everything from his first interview with Jeff Bezos to the company’s bizarre Nordic-style retreats, in “a clear-eyed, first-person account, rife with digressions on the larger cultural meaning throughout” (Henry Alford, \u003ci\u003eNewsday\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Marcus tells his story with wit and candor.” —\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review","brand":"James Marcus","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48283798569211,"sku":"9781595580245","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/CoreSourceHub_9acd0c91-4ef2-47ca-80c9-f4884dde6e64.jpg?v=1771411598","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/amazonia-9781595580245","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}