NYT Declares Bezos Bigger Than Oprah

bezos10.jpg

It's official: This weekend's New York Times story says that, rather than our friendly neighborhood bookstores, it's big companies like Amazon, Starbucks, and Costco that make Seattle the bookiest city in the U.S., and a bellwether for what sells across the country. That retailers, not elite book critics, are driving the publishing biz is a point I tried to make (none too successfully) at a recent industry event. Still, it's pretty remarkable to think that our most important literary tastemakers—considered from a commercial point of view—can be found in SoDo (at Starbucks) and the I.D./Beacon Hill (Amazon). So I guess the next question is, Will one of those two companies hire Michiko Kakutani away from the Times? She might just like it out here. That, plus the stock options.

Topics: books

Permalink | Comments (0)


Post a comment

Your email address will not appear to the public.




Comment preview text


To Do List

Tuesday, May 13

Augusten Burroughs
Augusten Burroughs has become the rock star of the tell-all dysfunctional-f... More>>
Town Hall, Tue., May 13, 7:30pm

The Dirtbombs, Dan Sartain, Terrible Twos
Detroit's Dirtbombs are back with their first full-length in five years. Th... More>>
Neumo's, Tue., May 13, 8:00pm, $12 adv

Dorothy Rissman
Much to the chagrin of her Wallingford neighbors, Dorothy Rissman began dum... More>>
Fetherston Gallery, Daily from Mon., April 21 until Sat., May 24, 11:00am

87 more things to do today>>
Find a Restaurant

 
A work of love from charismatic man-about-town Waid Sainvil, Waid's is the only Haitian restaurant o...
Off the Delridge Way exit from the West Seattle Bridge, Skylark Cafe & Club is a genuine blue-collar...
The Northlake Tavern is proud to tell you that its small pie weighs more than two-and-a-half pounds ...
Entering Can Can is like walking into Moulin Rouge—not the Parisian tourist trap, the Baz Luhrmann m...
Find a Concert

Tuesday, May 13
Our Top Picks
Check out our Digital Jukebox!
Find a Movie

Find a Theater

Find a Club

The groan-inducingly named Thai One On in Lake City dims its lights and switches on the speakers at ...
Seattle resident Gabe Morgan was once in a constant mental, physical, and psychological battle with ...
I haven't eaten much steak this summer because I'm usually broke. When I discovered Ozzie's Wednesda...
Pure, unadulterated joy is the look permanently affixed to the face of a man doing the mambo to the ...
It's Saturday night between 10th and 11th on Pike Street, Capitol Hill's bustling new epicenter. The...
Most 
Popular

I’m (Not) With Busey

News By Aimee Curl

Help Or I’ll Shoot

News By Laura Onstot

The Silver Bullet of Seattle Street Food

Food By Jesse Froehling

A Tea Two-fer

Food By Maggie Dutton

How Seattle Could Have Saved Jerry Garcia

Food By Mike Seely
now click this

Travel
Pacific Northwest Getaways

Seattle Home Search
1000's of Listings and Detailed Neighborhood Information

Seattle Weekly Online Career Fair!
Where People & Jobs Find Each Other.

Sound Living ®
Seattle Metro Real Estate


national

Headlines from Coast to Coast

The Pitch

We (Heart) Matt

The Shawnee Mission East class of '08 loves its gay homecoming king. More >>

Broward-Palm Beach New Times

Things That Go Bump on the Flight

Something went horribly wrong on American Airlines Flight 48--and we've got the pictures to prove it. More >>

Cleveland Scene

The Artful Dodger

Women loved Zachary Coleman. And he loved their money. More >>