Fulfillment (book)

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Fulfillment: Winning and Losing in One-Click America
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AuthorAlec MacGillis
LanguageEnglish
Subject Amazon
Publisher Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Publication date
March 16, 2021
Pages400
ISBN 978-0-374-15927-6

Fulfillment: Winning and Losing in One-Click America is a 2021 book by Alec MacGillis that examines Amazon. The book has eleven "positive" reviews, four "rave" reviews, and two "mixed" reviews, according to review aggregator Book Marks. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [ excessive citations ]

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