Actually, a lot of their bloggers have been pretty critical (or, at least, have given the appearance of fairness in their assessments--they've all been very irritated that Amazon hasn't given out any Kindle to actual book bloggers, just tech blggers). And Bethanne was just linking to someone else's comment. I found the user comments on her page interesting, which is why I linked to her.

Do you know about a conspiracy between Publishers Weekly and Amazon that I'm unaware of? You're the first I've heard hint toward something like that! Ooooh, the industry gossip I've missed!