Mammoth tomes about high-tech entrepreneurs with a secretive bent are almost a sure bet to stir up a hornet’s nest of controversy when they’re published. That’s certainly been the case with Brad Stone’s The Everything Store about CEO Jeff Bezos and Amazon. The twist here is that the critic in the point position for Amazon is Bezos’s wife, MacKenzie, who started a kerfuffle on the Net when she posted a 900-word critique and gave the book a 1-star rating — the lowest available.
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Mrs. B, Author Square Off Over 'Everything Store'
Posted by: John P. Mello Jr. November 6, 2013 11:04 AMMammoth tomes about high-tech entrepreneurs with a secretive bent are almost a sure bet to stir up a hornet’s nest of controversy when they’re published. That’s certainly been the case with Brad Stone’s The Everything Store about CEO Jeff Bezos and Amazon. The twist here is that the critic in the point position for Amazon is Bezos’s wife, MacKenzie, who started a kerfuffle on the Net when she posted a 900-word critique and gave the book a 1-star rating — the lowest available.