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		okeumeni on May 1, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Evolution of Amazon.com Logo “Earth biggest book store” that is typical of startup era: appear bigger than you really are. I’m glad they parted from the logo with the road; was that a road?

arketyp on May 1, 2009 | [–]

I would guess the "road" is the Amazon River. Being Earth's biggest river, it makes sense to the slogan too.

teej on May 1, 2009 | [–]

I believe it's the Amazon river.

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