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And here's the author's response http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-11-05/responding-to-mackenzie-bezoss-one-star-slapdown http://www.businessweek.com/a

And here's the author's response http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-11-05/responding-to-mackenzie-bezoss-one-star-slapdown http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-11-05/responding-t...

joosters 13y ago
Not much of a response really. Doesn't try to counter-argue any specific point made. It could be boiled down to 'I'm a good, honest writer, trust me' (I've no opinion here on who is right or wrong, haven't even read the book)
UnoriginalGuy 13y ago
His wife sounds like one hell of a women. I loved the "third world prison" comment.
chalst 13y ago
MacKenzie Bezos: Everywhere I can fact check from personal knowledge, I find way too many inaccuracies, and unfortunately that casts doubt over every episode in the book. Brad Stone: Mrs. Bezos also suggests that there are a handful of factual errors in my account. There is something slippery about the way Brad Stone writes.
- vasilipupkin 13y ago
  Indeed, but the two may not be mutually exclusive. "Everywhere I can fact check from personal knowledge" doesn't automatically mean more than a handful
  - endersshadow 13y ago
    Given that her personal knowledge extends more than twenty years, I would say that it's safe to assume that it's more than a handful.
- barretts 13y ago
  There's something slippery about the way Mrs. Bezos writes as well. She says: "Readers should remember that Jeff was never interviewed for this book." She conveniently elides the fact that Brad Stone has interviewed Bezos several times for previous articles, and has written about Amazon for a decade or more. It is certainly tricky, however, for an author to suggest he/she knows what a subject was thinking/feeling in the past.
  - OvidNaso 13y ago
    This was posted yesterday on Reddit in writing tips. It's advice from Chuck Palahniuk (author of Fight Club) to never use 'thinking' verbs wrt your characters. It's for fiction, but I think it is every better applied for non-fiction. Mr. Stone should have a look at it. http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/1pwh3z/what_small_change_can_i_make_to_my_writing_that/cd6u9bu http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/1pwh3z/what_small...
    - ColinCochrane 13y ago
      Thanks for the link. That was a great read.
RockyMcNuts 13y ago
And here's Amazon's response to that - http://techcrunch.com/2013/11/05/amazon-replies-to-authors-reply-to-amazon-founders-wifes-criticism-of-book-about-amazon/ http://techcrunch.com/2013/11/05/amazon-replies-to-authors-r...

And here's the author's response http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-11-05/responding-to-mackenzie-bezoss-one-star-slapdown http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-11-05/responding-t...

joosters 13y ago

Not much of a response really. Doesn't try to counter-argue any specific point made. It could be boiled down to 'I'm a good, honest writer, trust me' (I've no opinion here on who is right or wrong, haven't even read the book)

UnoriginalGuy 13y ago

His wife sounds like one hell of a women. I loved the "third world prison" comment.

chalst 13y ago

MacKenzie Bezos: Everywhere I can fact check from personal knowledge, I find way too many inaccuracies, and unfortunately that casts doubt over every episode in the book. Brad Stone: Mrs. Bezos also suggests that there are a handful of factual errors in my account. There is something slippery about the way Brad Stone writes.

vasilipupkin 13y ago
Indeed, but the two may not be mutually exclusive. "Everywhere I can fact check from personal knowledge" doesn't automatically mean more than a handful
- endersshadow 13y ago
  Given that her personal knowledge extends more than twenty years, I would say that it's safe to assume that it's more than a handful.
barretts 13y ago
There's something slippery about the way Mrs. Bezos writes as well. She says: "Readers should remember that Jeff was never interviewed for this book." She conveniently elides the fact that Brad Stone has interviewed Bezos several times for previous articles, and has written about Amazon for a decade or more. It is certainly tricky, however, for an author to suggest he/she knows what a subject was thinking/feeling in the past.
- OvidNaso 13y ago
  This was posted yesterday on Reddit in writing tips. It's advice from Chuck Palahniuk (author of Fight Club) to never use 'thinking' verbs wrt your characters. It's for fiction, but I think it is every better applied for non-fiction. Mr. Stone should have a look at it. http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/1pwh3z/what_small_change_can_i_make_to_my_writing_that/cd6u9bu http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/1pwh3z/what_small...
  - ColinCochrane 13y ago
    Thanks for the link. That was a great read.

RockyMcNuts 13y ago

And here's Amazon's response to that - http://techcrunch.com/2013/11/05/amazon-replies-to-authors-reply-to-amazon-founders-wifes-criticism-of-book-about-amazon/ http://techcrunch.com/2013/11/05/amazon-replies-to-authors-r...