The Ebay Phenomenon: Business Secrets Behind the World's Hottest Internet Company (Wiley Audio) [ABRIDGED] [AUDIOBOOK] (Audio Cassette)

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Editorial Reviews

Review

"A good yarn for those who like to read about clever business types." (Freelance Informer, 26th January 2001)

"The book does provide an interesting look at the types of business strategies that one of the real Internet success stories has adopted." (Internet Works, February 2001)

"A good yarn for those who like to read about clever business types." -- Freelance Informer, 26th January 2001

"The book does provide an interesting look at the types of business strategies that one of the real Internet success stories has adopted." -- Internet Works, February 2001 --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Product Description

eBay is the worlds largest personal online trading company.This book taps into the dynamics and strategies that have made eBay one of the most profitable e-commerce companies in business today and reveals how eBay customers have prospered and profited from the site.

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Product Details

• Audio Cassette
• Publisher: Wiley Audio; Abridged edition (April 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1560158425
• ISBN-13: 978-1560158424
• Product Dimensions: 7.1 x 4.6 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #3,160,821 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not much meat, February 5, 2001

By	tim747 (Glenview, IL USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The e-Bay Phenomenon: Business Secrets Behind the World's Hottest Internet Company (Hardcover)

This book gives an overview of ebay's creation and why it has been a success. It gives no insider insights however. It was fun to read but I did not learn much from it. This book does not have substance.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars A poor read, December 30, 2000

By	John Gambrell (Carrollton, Texas USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The e-Bay Phenomenon: Business Secrets Behind the World's Hottest Internet Company (Hardcover)

This book is basically a series of quoted and sited magazine articles hastily cobbled together into a book. The only "real" interviews done by the author are with a few eBay customers who use the site. The author admits no one with eBay granted him an interview or let him in the building. For a much better story of how eBay came to be, read eBoys by Robert Stross.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Sold!!, October 25, 2000

By	www.bookshipper.blogspot.com/ "www.bookshippe... (Montreal, Quebec) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)

This review is from: The e-Bay Phenomenon: Business Secrets Behind the World's Hottest Internet Company (Hardcover)

This book basically delivers what it promises to. Lots of somewhat dry facts about how a small Internet business boomed into one of the hottest "sites" available.

I am a big Ebay fan. I wanted to find out more about the people who created Ebay but also wanted to get a feel for the direction these people were hoping to guide the future of the site to.

Although I thought the story was fairly interesting, this book was very dryly written. Not much was cited other than the absolute bare bones facts and the writing was not particularly interesting.

While I realize this is a business book, I think there was much room for interesting tidbits, advice or funny stories. None here. Too bad...