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Amazon is guided by four principles: customer obsession rather than competitor focus, passion for invention, commitment to operational excellence, and long-term thinking. We are driven by the excitement of building technologies, inventing products, and providing services that change lives. We embrace new ways of doing things, make decisions quickly, and are not afraid to fail. We have the scope and capabilities of a large company, and the spirit and heart of a small one. Together, Amazonians research and develop new technologies from Amazon Web Services to Alexa on behalf of our customers: shoppers, sellers, content creators, and developers around the world. Our mission is to be Earth's most customer-centric company. Our actions, goals, projects, programs, and inventions begin and end with the customer top of mind. You'll also hear us say that at Amazon, it's always "Day 1." What do we mean? That our approach remains the same as it was on Amazon's very first day - to make smart, fast decisions, stay nimble, invent, and focus on delighting our customers.

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Lulu is a global publishing technology company for businesses built on books. We provide the infrastructure that helps creators, brands, and publishers sell books worldwide through direct ecommerce integrations, API-driven automation, on-demand production, and global fulfillment. Our platform enables automated, scalable book production and fulfillment without inventory risk, offset minimums, warehousing, or manual logistics. The result is faster time to market, reduced waste, expanded margins, and ownership of the customer journey. Lulu is built for individual creators monetizing ideas, businesses scaling direct-to-consumer book sales, and enterprises powering complex publishing operations. We support every step of the lifecycle: • Create and upload with powerful, flexible tools • Automate secure publishing workflows through API integrations • Produce premium, on-demand books with intelligent global routing • Deliver direct to customers in 200+ countries and territories • Access to data and analytics for forecasting and sales visibility As a certified B Corp, we are committed to sustainable practices, ethical business standards, and community empowerment. We don’t just print books. We power the infrastructure behind modern publishing.