Book Buyers are Buying but not at Bookstores

Steve Fesenmaier points us to The NYTimes and an article on the book business, “the spinster aunt of the entertainment industry.”

They say it’s enjoying a rare star turn this summer, thanks to three record-setting blockbusters: a new Harry Potter novel; the memoir of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton; and Oprah Winfrey’s new Book Club choice, “East of Eden,” by John Steinbeck.