Taking the E-Book Revolution to Africa

摘要

Throughout the 1990s, David Risher helped make high-tech history. As an early executive at Microsoft, he managed the company's database products and led development of the first version of its investment-planning software. He then left for an e-commerce startup called Amazon, much to the displeasure of Bill Gates. Working alongside Jeff Bezos for the next five years, Risher ran Amazon's booming retail business and watched the company take its first few　steps into the world of digital reading.