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Episode · Acquired · 2022-09-06

Books mentioned on Amazon Web Services

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So, how DID an online book retailer end up building the infrastructure layer that powers the entire internet? (Or at least 39% of it, per latest market share data.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

  1. The Everything Store

    Brad Stone · at 9:21 · mentioned 2 times

    The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon by Brad Stone is a definitive corporate biography chronicling the meteoric rise of Amazon and its founder.

    Discussed
    “i believe the quote from eric schmidt in the everything store was the book guys finally got technology”
    David Rosenthal Amazon Web Services 2022-09-06 Listen at 9:21
    Where to get it
    Amazon Audible

  2. Working Backwards

    Colin Bryar; Bill Carr · at 28:44

    Discussed
    “amazon web services lives within the amazon associates program and that is run by a guy named colin breyer which is very very fun because colin goes on to do many things including recently co-authoring the book working backwards which is a great book we used for a source in both this episode and the previous episode on amazon.com”
    Ben Gilbert Amazon Web Services 2022-09-06 Listen at 28:44
    Where to get it
    Amazon Audible
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing Masters of Doom
“having just recently listened to the audiobook of masters of doom”
Ben Gilbert Amazon Web Services 2022-09-06 Listen at 2:46:41