From 1996 to 2001, journalist and author James Marcus--employee number 55--worked as an editor for Amazon.com, during which time the Internet retailer went public and began to build itself into the dominating presence that it is today. This memoir takes a behind-the-scenes look at the Amazon corporate culture during those years of rapid growth and wildly fluctuating stock prices.
Critic Reviews
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Favorable
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Booklist David Siegfried
Marcus tells his story with wit and candor. [1 Jun 2004, p.1680]
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Favorable
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Chicago Tribune Henry Alford
He makes us privy to a number of things that a journalist, rather than an active participant in the story, might not have accessed.
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Favorable
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Daily Telegraph Geoffrey Owen
Highly entertaining.
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Favorable
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Kirkus Reviews
Rarely surprising, but amusing and intelligently written: a good exploration of how Amazon survived the crash and earned its longevity. [15 Apr 2004, p.378]
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Favorable
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Library Journal Carol J. Elsen
While the quotidian world of everyday work might have seemed uninteresting, Marcus makes it fun to peek inside company workings to see how Amazon.com invented itself. [1 May 2004, p.122]
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Favorable
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Los Angeles Times Carmela Ciuraru
Think of Marcus' book as both a candid memoir and a print complement of sorts to 1999's "Office Space." [23 Jun 2004, p.E10]
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Favorable
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Publishers Weekly
A captivating, witty account. [5 Apr 2004, p.49]
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Favorable
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San Francisco Chronicle David Kipen
A funny, contemplative, mildly disingenuous but mainly charming memoir.
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Favorable
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The Guardian Catherine Taylor
Marcus's memoir is wry, gently despairing, littered with philosophical musings and passages from Emerson, with a salient if quaint reminder that the earliest internet pioneers were once part of utopian communities.
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Favorable
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Washington Post Jonathan Yardley
[A] smart, funny memoir.
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