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It's a pretty new thing. In recent years many new TLDs have been added.
See here for a full list currently supported on the open web: https://data.iana.org/TLD/tlds-alpha-by-domain.txt
Companies are now allowed to add TLDs to this, if they can provide a reason and the infrastructure needed to make them usable.
Amazon owning those TLDs and not allowing registration for it is not okay in my opinion. The words "book" and "read" are not exclusively used by Amazon.
Here is some insight into the process: https://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/draft-rfp-clean-12nov10-en.pdf
worth noting that the infrastructure and compliance requirements are pretty damn big, and the fee for registering a gTLD is quite steep (compared to most costs related to domains and the internet)