Table of contents: 1. Introducing Amazon simpleDB; 2. Getting started with simpleDB; 3. A code-snippet tour of the simpleDB API; 4. A closer look at select; 5. Bulk data operations; 6. Working beyond the boundaries; 7. Planning for the application lifecycle; 8. Security in simpleDB-based applications; 9. Increasing performance; 10. Writing a simpleDB client: A language-independent guide; 11. Improving the simpleDB client; 12. Building a web-based task list.