Unsurprisingly, the author behind the Harry Potter book series has been named the second-most influential person in the book industry.
… So who’s number one? It’s not an author.
The Guardian names Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos – who has been the driving force behind the Kindle e-reader – as number one:
Jeff Bezos, founder and CEO of Amazon, has been named the most powerful person in the book industry in a Guardian list published today showcasing the most influential people of the moment.
The founder of Amazon tops the Book Power 100 list with J.K Rowling following in second place. The Harry Potter author beat Larry page, CEO of Google, and James Daunt and Alexander Mamut of bookshop giant Waterstones to secure the second place and consequently is the top author placed in the list.
Elsewhere on the list, Philip Pullman is ranked at #38 and Twilight author Stephenie Meyer came in at #61.