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Tech Billionaires: Jeff Bezos

In 2007, Amazon launched a new groundbreakingproduct the Kindle

In 2007, Amazon launched a new groundbreaking
product the Kindle

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In 2007, Amazon launched
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a new groundbreaking product the Kindle.
Duration
7 seconds
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40
Timestamp in Movie
00:26:32
Uploaded
May 24, 2025
Genres
documentary, biography
Production
Entertain Me Productions

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Along with Google, Apple, Microsoft and Facebook, Amazon is one of the Big Five companies in the US tech industry. It has become one of the most influential companies in the world. In 2018, it surpassed 100 million subscribers wor...
A digital book reader with internet connection - Tech Billionaires: Jeff Bezos 00:07
A digital book reader with internet connection
And enabled customers to buy, download, read - Tech Billionaires: Jeff Bezos 00:07
And enabled customers to buy, download, read
Accessible, interactive, limitless. - Tech Billionaires: Jeff Bezos 00:05
Accessible, interactive, limitless.
Mr and Mrs Brown first met Pennington - Tech Billionaires: Jeff Bezos 00:04
Mr and Mrs Brown first met Pennington
It's a daunting new world - Tech Billionaires: Jeff Bezos 00:07
It's a daunting new world
It's easier than going into a library - Tech Billionaires: Jeff Bezos 00:05
It's easier than going into a library
I often have like six or seven books - Tech Billionaires: Jeff Bezos 00:04
I often have like six or seven books
But there's something more personal about getting a book. - Tech Billionaires: Jeff Bezos 00:04
But there's something more personal about getting a boo...
Whereas these you've just got it all stored on there - Tech Billionaires: Jeff Bezos 00:05
Whereas these you've just got it all stored on there
No one in the industry is suggesting - Tech Billionaires: Jeff Bezos 00:06
No one in the industry is suggesting
And digitization would be anathema to some. - Tech Billionaires: Jeff Bezos 00:04
And digitization would be anathema to some.
So folks are finding the product itself really convenient. - Tech Billionaires: Jeff Bezos 00:05
So folks are finding the product itself really convenient.
And of course it's delivered in a very convenient way. - Tech Billionaires: Jeff Bezos 00:04
And of course it's delivered in a very convenient way.
We're seeing 600% growth year on year on eBooks this year. - Tech Billionaires: Jeff Bezos 00:05
We're seeing 600% growth year on year on eBooks this ye...
And that this is a frankly stagnant book selling market. - Tech Billionaires: Jeff Bezos 00:05
And that this is a frankly stagnant book selling market.
We're seeing rapid adoption of e-reading - Tech Billionaires: Jeff Bezos 00:06
We're seeing rapid adoption of e-reading
The technology means authors like Sophie Nichols - Tech Billionaires: Jeff Bezos 00:07
The technology means authors like Sophie Nichols
I've been able to put a book together, get it edited. - Tech Billionaires: Jeff Bezos 00:05
I've been able to put a book together, get it edited.
And proof-read myself put it out there, - Tech Billionaires: Jeff Bezos 00:05
And proof-read myself put it out there,
It's so exciting from a revenue point of view. - Tech Billionaires: Jeff Bezos 00:04
It's so exciting from a revenue point of view.