Customer Reviews

Jeff Bezos: King Of Amazon.Com (Techies)

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I picked up this book from the library for a research paper about Amazon.com for my Microeconomics class. "Amazon.com - Get Big Fast" was on order so I decided to see if this could help me get started. The writing is easy to follow (as this is a children's book) and gives background about Mr. Bezos (his youth, etc.) as well as information about the beginning of Amazon.com. My favourite bit was the struggle to choose the name for his company -- "Abracadabra" was deemed too long and "Cadabra" was thought too similar to "Cadaver." There are black and white photos in the book (images of Bezos, the Amazon River, etc.). I enjoyed the book and think that it (and others in this series) are a perfect foil to the dusty biographies that kids (including myself) had to read in the past. Sometimes one has to wander into the children's section of the library (or bookstore) and take a break from long-winded books (not that I don't enjoy them as well). Besides, all the basic ideas from big management books are in here -- like the idea to emphasize customer service. :)

This book provides insight into the customer service goals established by Amazon early on. I personally can vouch for the prompt responses to my many questions related to customer satisfaction. The staff listened (they telephoned) to my complaints and took the time to explain how they were addressing them. This book is a good quick read for anyone considering doing business with Amazon.

Got the book, its actually a tiny booklet. At most, a big blog post you can say.


The language is easy and I loved reading whats written inside. But WHY THEY ARE SELLING THIS BOOK TILL DATE? it does not contain anything at all after year 2000!! Seriously, why would you want to pay for a book that does not even contain latest information? - for which you have paid money.

I would suggest you to reconsider your decision before you purchase this tiny booklet - the information that you'd find else where for free ( wikipedia page on jeff bejos is much better than this book)

for me, its a COMPLETE WASTE OF MONEY. why these guys are selling 10 year old information!!

I used this biography for a school project, and it was wonderful. This book has a lot of information, and very few pages;) Not only does it have plenty of info on Jeff Bezos, but it also has a lot of information about amazon.com. For example, I learned that you could write reviews for books:) This book has plenty of information, and is also very entertaining, I highly recomend it.

Funny Jim Bezos giving opinions in this book as he allows his company to hire another company who for any reason at all bans people for life from Amazon. I had a problem shipping and now me and my entire family, even those not living with me are banned for life. Jim Bezos, 21 Century Nazi enabler.