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"A new book on Jeff Bezos, which at times characterizes the Amazon CEO in an unflattering light, is cast as inaccurate by none other than his wife, MacKenzie Bezos. She posted a scathing one-star review to Amazon on Monday. \nThe Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon, which was released in October by Bloomberg Businessweek senior writer Brad Stone, is chock-full of anecdotes and quotes from former associates that appear to reveal a temperamental and sometimes callous side of the Amazon founder. \nSee also: History of Amazon Reveals Original Name and Jeff Bezos' Temper\nHowever, in a review that runs close to 1,000 words, Bezos\u2019 wife of more than 20 years takes Stone to task for what she describes as a book that is \u201Cavoiding important parts of the truth.\u201D \nCiting personal information, MacKenzie claims Stone was inaccurate regarding the time frame her husband read Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro \u2014 a book central to the author\u2019s narrative. The Everything Store depicts the book as an important influencer in Bezos' life during the lead-up to his decision to start Amazon. His wife claims that Bezos didn\u2019t read the book until a year after the site's launch.\n\u201CEverywhere I can fact check from personal knowledge, I find way too many inaccuracies,\u201D MacKenzie wrote in the review. \u201CUnfortunately that casts doubt over every episode in the book.\u201D\nNevertheless, the anecdote about Remains of the Day appears to be the only fact presented in the book that Bezos directly contradicts. The rest of her critique focuses more on Stone\u2019s approach to profiling her husband.  \n\u201CI would caution readers to take note of the weak rhetorical devices used to make it sound like these quotes reflect daily life at Amazon or the majority viewpoint about working there,\" she wrote. \u201CJeff was never interviewed for this book ... also take note of how seldom these guesses about his feelings and motives are marked with a footnote indicating there is any other source to substantiate them.\u201D\nStone defended his account of Bezos.  \n\"I talked to 300 people, many current and former Amazon executives,\" he told Business Insider. \"It's a polarizing and secretive company. To the extent I made any mistakes, I'll happily correct them. I've already updated for e-book and forthcoming editions.\"  \nAt the time of this writing, MacKenzie\u2019s review is the only one-star review of the book on Amazon, which currently has an average star rating of 4.5 stars out of 5. \nAlso notable is the fact this appears to be her first Amazon review in more than 12 years \u2014 yet another indication that Stone\u2019s book was not well received in the Bezos household. \nStone did not immediately respond to a request for comment for this story.\nHave something to add to this story? Share it in the comments.\nImage: Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images News/Getty Images"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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