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Remember When Amazon Only Sold Books? – Los Angeles Times

Remember When Amazon Only Sold Books? – Los Angeles Times Promoting itself as “Earth’s Biggest Bookstore,” Amazon opened for business in July 1995, using major book distributors and wholesalers to rapidly fill its orders. Two decades after its launch, Amazon has conquered online retail, racking up $136 billion in sales in 2016. It’s also taken on cloud computing, tech gadgets

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