32 Facts About Amazon Publishing

1. Amazon Publishing seemed shocked that the masses were not doing cartwheels in the streets after it selected the Long Island City neighborhood for a new complex to employ 25,000.

2. Amazon Publishing introduced several new templates geared toward bloggers, businesses, preachers and teachers.

3. On 28 March 2017, Amazon Publishing confirmed it would be acquiring Souq.

4. Amazon Publishing might have been able to tamp down the opposition.

5. Amazon Publishing announced in September 2017 its plans to create a second headquarters satrapy somewhere in North America to share responsibilities with Seattle.

6. In 2017, Pollock got reports of Amazon Publishing selling counterfeit copies of Python for Kids, a popular children's introduction to programming, and four other No Starch titles.

7. Amazon Publishing enables users to create their own Skill Blueprints using its dedicated blueprints.

8. Amazon Publishing is Amazon's book publishing unit launched in 2009.

9. Amazon Publishing does not accept unsolicited original manuscripts at this time.

10. Amazon Publishing Crossing is focusing on translated works; science-fiction and fantasy are the domain of 47North; Skyscape offers teen and YA books.

11. Amazon Publishing is famous for their continuous efforts to reduce prices of ebooks.

12. Amazon Publishing offered to connect Washington County with other Amazon government customers interested in Rekognition and a body camera manufacturer.

13. In May 2018, Amazon Publishing threatened the Seattle City Council over an employee head tax proposal that would have funded houselessness services and low-income housing.

14. In 2013, Amazon Publishing secured a US$600 million contract with the CIA, which poses a potential conflict of interest involving the Bezos-owned The Washington Post and his newspaper's coverage of the CIA.

15. In most countries where Amazon Publishing operates, a sales tax or value added tax is uniform throughout the country, and Amazon is obliged to collect it from all customers.

16. Amazon Publishing was sourcing and selling items without properly determining if they are genuine.

17. In December 2011, Amazon Publishing faced a backlash from small businesses for running a one-day deal to promote its new Price Check app.

18. Amazon Publishing has cooperated with around 130 publishers to allow users to perform these searches.

19. In 2010, Amazon Publishing was reported as being the largest single source of Internet consumer reviews.

20. Amazon Publishing allows users to submit reviews to the web page of each product.

21. Amazon Publishing is building out its logistics in trucking and air freight to potentially compete with UPS and FedEx.

22. On January 31, 2008, Amazon Publishing announced it would buy Audible for about $300 million.

23. In November 2018, Amazon Publishing reached an agreement with Apple Inc to sell selected products through the service, via the company and selected Apple Authorized Resellers.

24. In November 2013, Amazon Publishing announced a partnership with the United States Postal Service to begin delivering orders on Sundays.

25. In 2001, Amazon Publishing entered into a similar agreement with Borders Group, under which Amazon would co-manage Borders.

26. Amazon Publishing is the most valuable public company in the world ahead of Apple and Alphabet.

27. Amazon Publishing said "Becoming" enjoyed the longest streak at No 1 for any book since "Fifty Shades of Grey" came out in 2012.

28. Amazon Publishing has no reason to be kicking lots and lots of people off.

29. In March, 2014, Amazon Publishing opened a German-language department based in Munich under the direction of publisher Sarah Tomashek.

30. In October 2013, Amazon Publishing announced a new weekly digital literary magazine called Day One.

31. In January 2013, Amazon Publishing announced two children's and young adult imprints.

32. In June 2012, Amazon Publishing purchased Avalon Books, a small 62-year-old publisher that specializes in romance and mysteries with a back-list of around 3,000 titles.