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 | | Amazon's bookstore quickly began expanding, branching off into retail sales of music CDs, videos and DVDs, software, consumer electronics, kitchen items, tools, lawn and garden items, toys, apparel, sporting goods, gourmet food, jewelry, watches, health and personal-care items, beauty products, and more. |
 | | Amazon bought the Internet Movie Database (IMDb) in April 1998, a move that upset a number of its long-time users; the transformation of IMDb from a public-domain, nonprofit site to a commercial venture was seen as a slap in the face to many Internet users. |
 | | Amazon bought Alexa Internet, Accept.com, and Exchange.com in a set of deals worth approximately $645M in June, 1999. |
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