Amazon MAY 2010 Event Calendar

Thursday, April 29, 2010

Fun Facts about Amazon.com


  • Jeff Bezos coined the term Amazon.com from the earlier name Cadabra.com
  • Started as an online bookstore
  • Original goal was to offer products from the alphabet letters A-Z
  • Amazon.com is names after the world's largest river, The Amazon River
  • Amazon has an online grocery service, AmazonFresh
  • Douglas Hofstader's "...Computer models" was the 1st book sold by Amazon.com
  • Their slogan is "...and You're Done."

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