La industria del libro

Las 100 personas más poderosas de la industria del libro


Jeff Bezos, fundador y CEO de Amazon, ha sido nombrada la persona más poderosa de la industria del libro, una lista realizada hoy 14 de octubre por The Guardian, en esta relación se puede apreciar a las 100 personas más influyentes del momento en la industria del libro.

El fundador de Amazon encabeza la lista de las 100 Power Book seguido de JK Rowling en segundo lugar autora de Harry Potter que venció a Larry Page consejero delegado de Google, y a James Alexander Mamut y Daunt de Waterstones de la famosa cadena de librerías.

Tim Hely Hutchinson, Director Ejecutivo del Grupo de Hachette Reino Unido, el autor James Patterson, y el famoso chef Jamie Oliver también figuran en el top ten de las personalidades más influyentes en la industria.

Los autores Philip Pullman, Terry Pratchett y Salman Rushdie también hacen acto de presencia en esta relación.


Rank Name Job title Category

1 Jeff Bezos Founder and CEO of Amazon Bookselling

2 JK Rowling Author Author

3 Larry Page CEO, Google Digital technology

4 James Daunt/Alexander Mamut MD, Waterstones/Proprietor, Waterstones Bookselling

5 Tim Hely Hutchinson Group Chief Executive, Hachette UK Publisher

6 James Patterson Author Author

7 Kate Swann CEO, WH Smith Bookselling

8 Jamie Oliver Chef, broadcaster and cookery writer Author

9 Gail Rebuck CEO, Random House Publisher

10 Tim Cook CEO, Apple Digital technology

11 Ion Trewin/Emmanuel Roman Literary Director, Man Booker prizes and COO, Man Group Literary awards

12 Rachel Harcourt and Garry Blackman Book buyers, Tesco Bookselling

13 John Makinson/Tom Weldon Chairman and chief executive and UK CEO, Penguin Group Publisher

14 Andrew Wylie Literary Agent Literary agent

15 Victoria Barnsley CEO, HarperCollins UK Publishing

16 Kate Mosse Author, honorary director, Orange prize Literary awards

17 Jacqueline Wilson Author, former children's laureate Author

18 The ghost of Stieg Larsson Author Author

19 Ian McEwan Author Author

20 Janice Hadlow Controller, BBC2 Broadcasting

21 Carol Ann Duffy Poet laureate Poet

22 Anthony Forbes-Watson MD, Pan Macmillan Publishing

23 Ed Victor Literary Agent Literary agent

24 Martina Cole Author Author

25 Nigel Newton CEO, Bloomsbury Publishing

26 Stephen Page CEO, Faber Publishing

27 Zadie Smith Author Author

28 Terry Pratchett Author Author

29 Larry Finlay MD, Transworld Publishing

30 Tony Phillips Commissioning editor, factual programmes, Radio 4 Broadcasting

31 Nigel Portwood CEO, Oxford University Press Publisher

32 Julia Donaldson Author and children's laureate Author

33 Stuart Proffitt Publishing director, Penguin Press Publishing

34 Mariella Frostrup Presenter Broadcasting

35 Malcolm Gladwell Author Author

36 Simon Prosser Publishing director, Hamish Hamilton Publishing

37 Marian Keyes Author Author

38 Philip Pullman Author Author

39 Ursula Mackenzie Chief Executive, Publisher, Little Brown Publishing

40 Dan Franklin Publisher, Jonathan Cape Publishing

41 Mark Lawson Author and presenter Author

42 Jamie Byng MD, Canongate Publishing

43 Sigrid Rausing Publisher, Granta magazine and Granta Books Publishing

44 Deborah Rogers Literary agent Literary agent

45 Salman Rushdie Author Author

46 Seamus Heaney Poet Poet

47 James Wood Critic Literary critic or editor

48 Peter Englund Author and secretary of the Swedish Academy Author

49 Richard & Judy Presenters, book club overseers Broadcasting

50 Martin Amis Author Author

51 Peter Florence Director, Hay festivals Literary festivals

52 Jonathan Franzen Author Author

53 Michiko Kakutani Chief reviewer, New York Times Literary critic or editor

54 Toby Mundy CEO, Atlantic Books Publishing

55 Alexandra Pringle Editor-in-chief, Bloomsbury Publishing

56 Nigella Lawson Broadcaster and cookery writer Broadcasting

57 Andrew Marr Author and broadcaster Broadcasting

58 Philip Roth Author Author

59 Stephen Fry Author, broadcaster, tweeter Broadcasting

60 Richard Dawkins Author Author

61 Stephenie Meyer Author Author

62 Deborah Treisman Fiction editor, New Yorker Literary critic or editor

63 Stephanie Duncan Digital media director, Bloomsbury Publishing

64 Dan Brown Author Author

65 Lennie Goodings Publisher, Virago Press Publishing

66 Tariq Ali Author, commentator Author

67 Robert Silvers Editor, New York Review of Books Literary critic or editor

68 Andrew Motion Poet Poet

69 Sarah Waters Author Author

70 Christopher MacLehose Publisher, Quercus Publishing

71 Hilary Mantel Author Author

72 Jeremy Hunt Culture secretary Politician

73 Ahdaf Soueif Author, Palfest founder Author

74 John le Carré Author Author

75 Ravi Mirchandani Publishing director, Atlantic Books Publishing

76 Nick Barley Director, Edinburgh international book festival Literary festivals

77 Nicholas Pearson Publishing director, Fourth Estate Publishing

78 Amanda Ross TV producer Broadcasting

79 Mary Kay Wilmers Editor, London Review of Books Literary critic or editor

80 Daisy Goodwin Author, TV producer and presenter Broadcasting

81 Neil Gaiman Author Author

82 Sam Husain CEO, Foyles Bookselling

83 Antonia Byatt Director of literature, Arts Council England Other

84 Colm Tóibín Author and publisher Author

85 Alan Bennett Author Author

86 Peter Stothard Editor, Times Literary Supplement Literary critic or editor

87 Peter Straus Literary agent and publisher Literary agent

88 Andrew Davies Author and screenwriter Author

89 Tom Holland Author, and chair of the Society of Authors Author

90 Caroline Michel Literary agent Literary agent

91 Simon Schama Historian, broadcaster Broadcasting

92 Jonathan Heawood Director, English PEN Other

93 Anthea Bell Translator Other

94 Hisham Mater Author, commentator Author

95 Tanya Seghatchian Film producer and former head of Film Fund, BFI Other

96 Alan Moore Graphic novelist Author

97 Antony Beevor Military historian Author

98 Ted Smart Founder, the Book People Bookselling

99 Amanda Hocking Self-published author Author

100 You Reader, buyer, blogger, commenter, tweeter... Other

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