Ocean State Libraries

You've got mail: Cinematic love letter in which superstore book chain magnate Hanks and cozy children's bookshop owner Ryan are anonymous e-mail cyberpals who fall head-over-laptops in love, unaware they are combative business rivals. Includes two delightful new featurettes: Delivering You've Got Mail and You've Got Chemistry; an interview with Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan; A Conversation With Nora Ephron; and more. The shop around the corner: "Two employees...

In Amazon.com Jeff Bezos built something the world had never seen. He created the most recognized brand name on the Internet, became for a time one of the richest men in the world, and was crowned "the king of cyber-commerce." Yet for all the media exposure, the inside story of Amazon.com has never really been told. In this revealing, unauthorized account, Robert Spector, journalist and best-selling author, gives us this up-to-date, fast-paced, behind-the-scenes...

"An insightful look at how Amazon really works and how its founder and CEO makes it happen. Amazon's business model is deceptively simple: make online shopping so easy and convenient that customers won't think twice. It can almost be summed up by the button on every page: Buy now with one click. Why has Amazon been so successful? Much of it has to do with Jeff Bezos, the CEO and founder, whose unique combination of character traits and business strategy...

"Ted Striphas argues that, although the production and propagation of books undoubtedly have entered a new phase, printed works are still very much a part of our everyday lives. With examples from trade journals, news media, advertisements, and a host of other commercial and scholarly materials, Striphas tells a story of modern publishing that proves, even in a rapidly digitizing world, books are anything but dead."-inside jacket.

Presents the life and accomplishments of the founder of Amazon and the Kindle.

Four Weddings and a Funeral: Romantic comedy about a young man who meets the girl of his dreams at a friend's wedding. However, she slips through his fingers when the timing seems wrong, and they meet at three more weddings and a funeral before the two finally connect. Notting Hill: The world's most famous movie star falls in love with a small-time bookstore owner. Sleepless in Seattle: After hearing a man confess his love for his dearly departed...