Changes to The Perfect Store: Inside eBay by Adam Cohen

Shelfari edited the description of The Perfect Store: Inside eBay Friday, August 7 2009.

In this brisk, engaging chronicle of one of the most stunning success stories in American business history, Adam Cohen takes us inside eBay the corporation--where all the important players, including eBay's founder Pierre Omidyar and CEO Meg Whitman, demystify their roles and tell the story straight--as well as inside the community of eBay's passionate users, who buy and sell everything from antique pickle jars and record albums to Ford trucks and $40,000 computer servers. His book reveals the many surprising ways in which eBay's "virtual marketplace" has indelibly changed not only the face of American business but the American cultural landscape.

( see all changes to this book’s description )

Shelfari edited the contributors of The Perfect Store: Inside eBay Thursday, July 23 2009.

( report abuse )

Shelfari edited the first sentence of The Perfect Store: Inside eBay Thursday, July 16 2009.

Pierre Omidyar was born in Paris in 1967 to a French-Iranian family that placed a premium on intellectual pursuits.

( see all changes to this book’s first sentence )

The Perfect Store: Inside eBay (edit title)