先月、アマゾンの創業者ジェフ・ベゾスについて書いたNew Yorker誌の記事を読んだ。創業まもなくの頃のベゾスに関するエピソードが面白かったので、引用する。 In 1995, in Chicago, Bezos manned an Amazon booth at the annual conclave of the publishing industry, which is now called BookExpo America. Roger Doeren, from a Kansas City store called Rainy Day Books, was stopped short by Amazon’s sign: “Earth’s Biggest Bookstore.” Approaching Bezos, he asked, “Where is Earth’s bigges
