Jeff Bezos: The Founder of Amazon.com (Internet Career Biographies) [Library Binding]

Ann Byers (Author)

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 8 and up
  
• Library Binding: 112 pages
• Publisher: Rosen Publishing Group (July 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1404207171
• ISBN-13: 978-1404207172
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,408,812 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not an in-depth analysis of the subject, February 4, 2010

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Colin Linder (Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Jeff Bezos: The Founder of Amazon.com (Internet Career Biographies) (Library Binding)

While I did enjoy this book, I would only recommend it to someone who wanted a very simple history of Amazon.com and Jeff Bezos. I found that the book did not delve far enough into the finer points of Jeff's personality, nor did it completely chronicle the full events that led to Amazon.com's success.

The book was relatively short and an easy read, but most of the information in it seemed to come from outside sources, not from any personal knowledge the author may have had on the subject. I would have liked to have seen some interviews with Jeff himself or at least with some people who knew him well, like family and/or co-workers. This would have given the reader a better insight into who Jeff is, rather than the author just quoting sources from the Internet and magazine articles.

I don't believe enough time was spent on detailing Jeff's early years. I believe that knowing where a person comes from is a major factor in knowing how that person got to where they are today and the author did not provide enough information in this regard for the reader to really get to know Jeff. A lot of points made in this book seemed glossed over; simply mentioned but not explored such as Jeff's family life as a child.

This book was, to me, more like reading a book report and not a very well done report at that. Sure, the author did her research on the subject, but in my opinion, if you are going to write a biography of someone, you need to go a lot deeper into that person's history, personality, goals, dreams and lifestyle if you expect to hold the reader's attention.

In summary, if you are intending to purchase this book, I would only recommend doing so if you are only interested in a brief, factual account of Jeff Bezos. If your intent is to write an in-depth report, I would recommend searching for a better biography on the founder of Amazon.com.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Love it, December 21, 2008

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shady salamah (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Jeff Bezos: The Founder of Amazon.com (Internet Career Biographies) (Library Binding)

The book is give you the true story for Jeff Bezos & how he start amazon.com from nothing, the book is short you can finish it in one or two days but you'll enjoy it too much, and it'll inspire you.

0 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars the man., August 17, 2009

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CHRISTOPHER J. TAN "undercover brother" (FOSTER CITY, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Jeff Bezos: The Founder of Amazon.com (Internet Career Biographies) (Paperback)

bezos is an awesome founder. I will write more later. he is too cool 4 school.