The Truth About The Amazon: Love Letter & Fact Finding Mission: The Truth About Everything by Molly Mapenthorpe, #3

By Molly Mapenthorpe

Facts. Personal Anecdotes. Financial Queries. Strong Opinions. Trends and Trajectories. Customer Service. Connecting the Dots.

 

THE TRUTH ABOUT THE AMAZON: Love Letter & Fact Finding Mission takes a look from a variety of perspectives at the societal effects brought about by a shift towards online retail platforms, including one giant named after the mightiest flowing river on Earth.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Indie Renaissance
• Release date: Dec 22, 2022
• ISBN: 9798215422588

Book preview

THE TRUTH

ABOUT

THE AMAZON

Love Letter & Fact Finding Mission

MOLLY MAPENTHORPE

Summary: Facts. Personal Anecdotes. Financial Queries. Strong Opinions. Trends and Trajectories. Customer Service. Connecting the Dots. THE TRUTH ABOUT THE AMAZON: Love Letter & Fact Finding Mission takes a look from a variety of perspectives at the societal effects brought about by a shift towards online retail platforms, including one giant named after the mightiest flowing river on Earth.

COPYRIGHT PAGE

An in-depth look at the effects of online retail outlets on the 21st century.

Mapenthorpe, Molly — 1st edition

THE TRUTH ABOUT THE AMAZON:

Love Letter & Fact Finding Mission

1. online retail  2. marketing  3. book & e-book selling  4. industry

5. consumer feedback  6. employee relations  7. sales partnerships

8. changing nature of retail  9. A.I.  10. customer relations  11. outsourcing

12. virtual reality

© 2022 Molly Mapenthorpe

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and within forthcoming trade paperback collection

The Truth About Everything

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

COPYRIGHT

WHAT'S IN A NAME?

THE STORY

RAISON D'ÊTRE

THE AUTHOR

WHAT'S IN A NAME?

What's in a name?

Said to be the largest watercourse in the world according to discharge volume, and possibly the (disputed) longest one too, such is: The Amazon River.

But what does it mean in terms of symbology, when the name for one thing comes to indicate (or even become synonymous with) another entity entirely?

Amazon: a parrot of tropical America with typically green plumage.

Amazon: perhaps real, perhaps mythical member of the tribe of notorious women warriors from the northern outer limits of the world, which caused the word to become equated with tall, physically strong, ferocious, strong-willed women.

Amazonite: bluish green gemstone; mineral of feldspar classification used in manufacturing fine glass and porcelain.

Amazon: e-commerce platform with the motto spend less, smile more plus free shipping on millions of great deals, set up to exist according to four main principles: customer obsession rather than competitor focus, passion for invention, commitment to operational excellence, and long-term thinking. https://www.aboutamazon.com/about-us

Isn't it interesting that when one puts the term: The Amazon into Google—perhaps seeking information for a child's school report on threatened rainforest or the relentless river spanning eight South American countries—the first entry that pops up instead is information about a certain contemporary online sales platform known as Amazon?

(Now also known, in some circles, as The Zon: an abbreviated term which began proliferating across the net in recent years due to the company's proclivity for engaging in censorship of expressions, opinions, and products that it apparently prefers people not have (or not have access to).

Clearly, though known by most people as just plain old, fun, incomparable Amazon, the company has inherently infused society with a sense of an invisible The before its name.

As in: even though many other online retail