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   AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON OCTOBER 1, 1998
                                                      REGISTRATION NO. 333-63311
    
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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                                 POST-EFFECTIVE
                               AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO
                                    FORM S-8
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                      UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
    
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                                AMAZON.COM, INC.
             (EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)

           DELAWARE                                      91-1646860
(STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION OF             (I.R.S. EMPLOYER IDENTIFICATION NO.)
 INCORPORATION OR ORGANIZATION)

                          1516 SECOND AVENUE, 4TH FLOOR
                            SEATTLE, WASHINGTON 98101
          (ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES, INCLUDING ZIP CODE)

                          JUNGLEE CORP. 1996 STOCK PLAN
                    JUNGLEE CORP. 1998 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN
              SAGE ENTERPRISES, INC. 1997 AMENDED STOCK OPTION PLAN
                  SAGE ENTERPRISES, INC. MVP STOCK OPTION PLAN
                            (FULL TITLE OF THE PLANS)

                                JEFFREY P. BEZOS
                      PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
                                AMAZON.COM, INC.
                          1516 SECOND AVENUE, 4TH FLOOR
                            SEATTLE, WASHINGTON 98101
                                 (206) 622-2335
 (NAME, ADDRESS AND TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE, OF AGENT FOR SERVICE)
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                                   COPIES TO:

                                SCOTT L. GELBAND
                                PERKINS COIE LLP
                          1201 THIRD AVENUE, 40TH FLOOR
                         SEATTLE, WASHINGTON 98101-3099
                                 (206) 583-8888
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                                     PART II

                 INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT

   
        This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on
Form S-8 (333-63311) amends and restates Part II, Item 8 hereof as follows:
    


   
    

   
ITEM 8.  EXHIBITS
    

   


    Exhibit
     Number                              Description
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       5.1*         Opinion of Perkins Coie LLP

      23.1          Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Auditors

      23.2*         Consent of Perkins Coie LLP (included in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1)

      23.3          Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP, Independent Auditors

      24.1*         Power of Attorney (see signatures page)

      99.1*         Junglee Corp. 1996 Option Plan

      99.2*         Junglee Corp. 1998 Equity Incentive Plan

      99.3*         Sage Enterprises, Inc. 1997 Amended Stock Option Plan

      99.4*         Sage Enterprises, Inc. MVP Stock Option Plan


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                                   SIGNATURES

   
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-8 and has
duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Seattle, State of
Washington, on September 30, 1998.
    

                                            AMAZON.COM, INC.



   
                                            By /s/ JOY D. COVEY
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                                              Joy D. Covey,
                                              Chief Financial Officer,
                                              Vice President of
                                              Finance and Administration
                                              and Secretary
    
   
    

   
      Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Post-Effective
Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement has been signed by the following
persons in the capacities indicated below on the September 30, 1998.
    

   


                       SIGNATURE                                                    TITLE
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   *  Jeffrey P. Bezos
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                    Jeffrey P. Bezos                        Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer  
                                                            (Principal Executive Officer)                                 

   /s/ Joy D. Covey                                                              
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                      Joy D. Covey                          Chief Financial Officer, Vice President of Finance and Administration 
                                                            and Secretary (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) 

   *  Tom A. Alberg
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                     Tom A. Alberg                          Director


   *  Scott D. Cook
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                     Scott D. Cook                          Director


   *  L. John Doerr
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                     L. John Doerr                          Director


   *  Patricia Q. Stonesifer
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                 Patricia Q. Stonesifer                     Director

*By /s/ Joy D. Covey 
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        Attorney-in-Fact

    



   
    
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                                INDEX TO EXHIBITS

   


    Exhibit
     Number                              Description
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       5.1*           Opinion of Perkins Coie LLP
      23.1            Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Auditors
      23.2*           Consent of Perkins Coie LLP (included in opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1).
      23.3            Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP, Independent Auditors
      24.1*           Power of Attorney (see signatures page)
      99.1*           Junglee Corp. 1996 Stock Plan
      99.2*           Junglee Corp. 1998 Equity Incentive Plan
      99.3*           Sage Enterprises, Inc. 1997 Amended Stock Option Plan
      99.4*           Sage Enterprises, Inc. MVP Stock Option Plan

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* Previously filed.