Criticism
In 2007, referring to the International Biographical Centre, the American Bibliographical Institute and Marquis Who's Who, Jan Margosian, consumer information coordinator for the Oregon Department of Justice, warned consumers to be wary and called the companies "pretty tacky", adding "I don't know why they would put you in there if they weren't hoping to get you to buy the book. You truly have to look at how they are marketing and what the spin is. It's something you might want to watch out for."
Tucker Carlson, in an article entitled "The Hall of Lame" that appeared in Forbes magazine in 1999, alleged that the selection process is neither rigorous nor meaningful and self nominators and thousands of people not particularly notable are included. Carlson also claimed that Marquis makes money selling addresses to direct mail marketers.
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