Amazon.com to Sell Bezos' Book and Only Bezos' Book
A lot of women marry for money, but if they're truly wise they'll marry for money and direct access to an industry of interest. Take, for instance, MacKenzie Bezos, wife of online book behemoth Amazon.com founder and CEO Jeff Bezos:
So when I saw that Amazon used 482 words to review [MacKenzie Bezos'] debut novel—the longest review I can recall seeing on the site since—well, since I worked there, frankly—I got curious as to how long the Amazon reviews for current NYT bestsellers might be. #1, Michael Connelly's The Closers, gets 445 words, but runner-up 4th of July, farmed out by James Patterson to Maxine Paetro, doesn't even have an official Amazon review. Neither do the latest stories from Nicholas Sparks and John Sanford, and then Sue Monk Kidd's The Mermaid Chair is summed up in only 274 words. The DaVinci Code is dispatched in 241 words, after which the Revenge of the Sith novelization and new novels from Chuck Palahniuk and Iris Johansen get no in-house coverage. Finally, in the #10 slot, Harlan Coben's The Innocent is reviewed with 289 words.
The review, which claims that Bezos' novel "heralds the beginning of what bodes to be a substantial writing career" (gag), is penned by Valerie Ryan. Coincidentally, that's the very same name that Bezos happens to use for his night gig. Ahem.