Publisher’s Weekly:
Jeff Bezos has been stirring things up in the book business ever since he launched Amazon.com 14 years ago, and this past year has been no exception. During the year, Amazon acquired Audible and AbeBooks, expanded BookSurge, saw sales of the Kindle (and Kindle titles) soar and managed to keep book sales growing at double-digit rates. In a marketplace undergoing tremendous transformation, Amazon is a leader in nearly every aspect. For being the driving force behind one of the industry’s most dynamic, if sometimes controversial, companies, Bezos is PW’s 2008 Person of the Year.
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