HAVE YOU HEARD? Amazon.co.uk launches new Audio Book store 15 August 2000, London: Amazon.co.uk today is set to tap into the booming spoken word market, with the launch of its Audio Book store. Over the last year, sales of audio books have increased by 30% as, in a multi-tasking society where every

24 August 2000 How much do you want that track after hearing it on the radio weeks before you can buy it? Well, Amazon.co.uk's music store is now selling CD singles, and pre-order means that you can order online and get the latest hits delivered straight to your door on the very day of release.

London, 5 September 2000: Cast your mind back to those days when you spent hours deciding what you wanted Santa to bring you. Your Christmas wish list was sent to the North Pole and, as if by magic, you got what you wanted (well sometimes). Now, just in time for Christmas 2000, Amazon.co.uk is

Valerie McCluskie of Inverness is 2 millionth shopper ;Amazon.co.uk customer base doubles in less than eight months London: 12 September 2000: Amazon.co.uk announced (today) that it is the first e-commerce site in Europe to serve two million individual customers.

The latest PC software packages from Amazon.co.uk take the pain out of tax returns 13 September 2000 For thousands of self-employed small business owners and home PC users time is running out - September 30th is the Inland Revenue's tax return deadline* and for those who don't beat the clock a 100

London: 21 September 2000:Amazon.co.uk , the UK's leading online retailer, has changed the face of the corporate incentive market with the launch of Amazon.co.uk Corporate Gift Certificates - essentially the first ever "e-vouchers" in this marketplace.

- AMAZON.CO.UK LAUNCHES NEW DEDICATED KIDS! SHOP - London: 22 September 2000: To mark the launch of its new Kids! shop, Amazon.co.uk is inviting budding young reviewers from all around the country to enroll and join its new children's review panel, called Amazon.co.uk Kids! Talk About...

London: 28 September 2000: The saying goes that if you can remember the 60s you weren't there. In fact it's not just the flower children of the 60s who can't remember - 43% of Brits cannot name the four most famous members of The Beatles. But they're still the one pop group we'd most like to get

London: 23 October 2000: Online retailer, Amazon.co.uk today announced a shortlist of seven new writers, two of which will be awarded writers' bursaries. The shortlisted authors were selected by a judging panel comprising Zadie Smith, Sarah Waters and Alain de Botton among others.

London, 21 November 2000: Busy High Streets, the cost, and the time spent shopping for presents are leaving almost two-thirds of the population feeling less than festive, reveals consumer research published today by Amazon.co.uk .* Crowded shops (56%), seasonally overloaded public transport (32%)