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wwwade, e-books, publishing Wade Roush wrote: I wanted to love the Amazon Kindle. I’ve been a believer in the future of e-books ever since the late 1990s, when I briefly worked for NuvoMedia, the company that introduced the Rocket eBook.

ZocDoc is a service that allows users to sign up for doctor appointments online in New York City, NY. As ZocDoc plans to expand their online services to other major cities, Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) CEO Jeff Bezos and salesforce.com, inc. (NYSE:CRM) CEO Marc Benioff have come together to invest an undisclosed amount in ZocDoc.

ZocDoc, the startup that lets users book doctor's appointments in NYC online, just received funding from Bezos' investment firm Bezos Expedtions and Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff. Though exact figures have yet to be disclosed, CEO Cyrus Massoumi tells Silicon Alley...

VC, deals, health care Gregory T. Huang wrote: New York-based ZocDoc, a healthcare startup that helps you find doctors and book appointments online, announced it has expanded its Series A investors to include Jeff Bezos from Amazon.com and Marc Benioff from SalesForce.com. Financial terms were not disclosed.

ZocDoc, the service for finding doctors and making appointments online, is announcing two new high profile investors this morning: Amazon Founder and CEO Jeff Bezos, and Marc Benioff, Founder and CEO of Salesforce.com. The investments follow news last month that the company had raised a $3 million Series A led by Khosla Ventures.

Though online appointment-making service ZocDoc raised $3 million in its first round of funding from Khosla Ventures earlier this year, two new investors have jumped on board, giving the startup an undisclosed infusion of venture capital.

Bezos, Benioff invest in appointment-booker ZocDoc October 1st, 2008 There are some big new names backing ZocDoc, a start-up that lets you book doctor’s appointments online (currently just in New York). Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff has contributed an undisclosed amount to the company, as has Bezos Expeditions, the investment firm run by Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos.

Loic LeMuir! Gabe Rivera! Joi Ito! BusinessWeek.com's latest 25 Most Influential People on the Web is a mashup of billionaire power-brokers with a randomized handful of those folks you run into at that same little tech conference that happens under a different name every month.

Editorial Reviews Product Description Having toppled the bookselling giants on-line, Jeff Bezos is now leading Amazon.com its list, not to mention a makeover for the web’s most recognisable site, is Amazon pushing its luck or positioning for the future of e-commerce? The so-called ‘market correction’ has questioned the future of e-retailing, but for Amazon the future is still bright.

Laid-off Wall Street techs offered work at Silicon Alley startups Buy low, sell high, as they say on Wall Street. And right now, there's a flow tide of technical talent from shuttered financial firms flooding the New York Area available at rock-bottom prices.