How Amazon came to dominate books, electronics and the cloud By: MarketWatch May 12, 2017 at 13:46 PM EDT Starting with books, Amazon has chosen categories that it can dominate, making it the e-commerce juggernaut it is today. Read More >> Related Stocks: Alphabet-A Alphabet-C Amazon.com Barnes & Noble Best Buy International Business Machines Microsoft Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.