Amazon.com one of the largest online shopping malls is down on Friday afternoon at about 2:30PM EST.

With the so-called "Amazon Tax" taking effect in New York state on Sunday, Overstock.com filed suit Friday against New York, joining Amazon.com, which filed a similar lawsuit in early May.

On Sunday, June 1st, the so-called "Amazon Tax" goes into effect in New York state. While formerly only retailers with brick-and-mortar stores in a state were required to collect sales tax, New York has enacted a law which forces etailers to collect tax on sales, if they have affiliates which redirect traffic to their sites (e.g., Amazon.com affiliates).

We wrote earlier about the so called Amazon Tax that the state of New York is making ready, which would force e-tailers to collect sales tax on purchases made by New York State residents. In the past sales tax collection has only been required of retailers who had a physical presence in a state.

Late last month Amazon.com apologized for delays in Kindle delivery. Their apology said they would in a few weeks be able to offer an "order today, ship today" service on the Kindle. Whether or not they've actually reached that point, Amazon.com has posted a note on their front page today saying Kindles are back in stock.

The passage of New York's so-called "Amazon Tax," bill, which would force e-tailers to collect sales tax from New Yorkers making purchases, has since been signed, as it set to go into effect on June 1st, bringing in an estimated $50 million in revenue this year and $75 million in 2009.

Amazon is trying to scare sites with Kindle in their name who have placed Amazon Associates links or banners on their sites into giving up their domains. I received an email today telling me my Amazon Associate account will be canceled and I will forfeit any revenue from Q1 of 2008 (currently totaling around $45) if I do not contact them to transfer KindleReport.com to Amazon.

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) today released its "Best of 2007" lists, which include the bestselling, most positively reviewed, most-wished-for and favorite gift products as determined by Amazon.com customers in 2007.

NowInStock.net comments on Black Friday, Amazon and Wii games. As I woke up this morning to the check out NowInStock.net’s status, I noticed at 2:58 A.M. this morning Wii alerts were shot off to everyone that Amazon had the Wii in stock. A little surprised and thinking that this might have been an error, I verified my cached snapshot (I store a snapshot every time I see stock available), and sure enough they had stock available!