Starting at noon today, the labor group Working Washington will be floating a thought bubble alongside the hammering man asking, "What if Amazon paid its fair share?" The action is the second in a series targeting Amazon.

The Amazon CEO explains how getting rid of middlemen, such as book publishers, will liberate everyone's creativity.

The New York Times reports, "Amazon is so serious about its next big thing that it hired three women to do nothing but try on size 8 shoes for its Web reviews." And like publishers before them, "the traditional retail world — and many major brands that want no part of Amazon — are gearing up to fight for their lives."

The tech giant has submitted official architectural renderings of a proposed trio of towers Amazon would like to use as its downtown Seattle headquarters. 

Amazon.com aims to produce sitcoms and children's shows for the fast-growing online video audience, and invites anyone to pitch an idea and initial script. It offers $55,000 and unspecified royalties for any it chooses to produce - chickenfeed by Hollywood standards.

The curious e-book dispute that has a distinguished author up in arms.