> Has Amazon.com hit a sales ceiling at a 7% share of the book market? This New York Times article puts Amazon's position into perspective.

> Amazon's patented One Click payment system has been crucial to the company's growth. Many argue, though, that patenting the system abuses the idea, holding back e-commerce.

> Despite the general Dot Com downturn, in April 2001, Amazon posted impressively robust sales figures.

> Amazon.com has come under increasing fire for its working practices, such as in its branch in Milton Keynes, England, cited in The London Gaurdian.

> In 1999, Jeff Bezos was named Time Magazin's Person of the Year.

> What could Jeff Bezos, billionaire business man, possibly still want? Take a look at his own Amazon.com 'wishlist'.