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acknowledgments This book could not have been w^ritten without the contributions of many, many people. First and foremost is my agent, Elizabeth Wales, who was with me every step of the way, reading and rereading the manuscript, and making astute suggestions, including the title for this book. And thanks to Nancy Shawn of Wales Literary Agency. To my editor, David Conti: Thank you for believing in this project and my ability to pull it off. And thanks to Devi Pillai. Thanks to Paul Andrews for hoolcing me up with Glenn Fleishman, who in turn connected me with former Amazonians, who hooked me up with others, including Paul Barton-Davis, Nicholas Lovejoy, Scott Lipsky, Dana Brown, Nils Nordal, Gina Meyers, Maire Masco, E. Heath Merriwether, and Lauralee Smith. Much appreciation to Tom Alberg, Nick Hanauer, and Eric Dillon for their generous insights into how Amazon.com became Amazon.com. Also thanks to Brian Bailey, Petyr Beck, Maureen Bell, Brian Bershad, Henry Blodget, Grace Chichilnisky, Jack Covert, Chrisdna Crawford, Craig Danuloff, John Decker, Dan Doernberg, Avin Mark Domnitz, Roy Goldman, Alex Gove, Albert N. Greco, Bill Heston, Harvey Hirsch, Richard Howorth, Barry Lafer, Ed Lazowska, Cheryl Lewy, Brian Marsh, Jennifer McCord, Jim McDowell, John Miller, Tim O'Reilly, Mike Parks, Vito Perillo, Philip Pfeffer, Michael Powell, Barry Provorse, Ramanan Raghavendran, Jeffrey Rayport, Jennifer Risko, Chuck Robinson, XI